Access new statistics on time served in state prisons

BJS has released Time Served in State Prison, 2018 – Supplemental Tables. The original report presents findings on the time served by individuals released from state prison in 2018 by most serious offense, describing the mean and median length of time served by most serious offense and the percentage of sentence served by offense before initial release from state prison. These supplemental tables add kidnapping, extortion, and arson to tables from the original report. All findings are based on data from BJS’s National Corrections Reporting Program, which is an annual voluntary data collection of administrative records submitted by state departments of corrections on topics including individual prisoners under correctional supervision.

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Time Served in State Prison, 2018 – Supplemental Tables (NCJ 309958) was prepared by BJS Statistician Danielle Kaeble. The report, related documents, and additional information about BJS’s statistical publications and programs are available on the BJS website at bjs.ojp.gov.

The Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice is the principal federal agency responsible for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating reliable statistics on crime and criminal justice in the United States. Kevin M. Scott, PhD, is the acting director.

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