The Bureau of Justice Statistics released this interesting new document titled simply "Time Served in State Prison, 2016," which has lots of interesting data on how much time offenders serve in state prisons. Here is what BJS lists as "Highlights":
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The average time served by state prisoners released in 2016, from initial admission to initial release, was 2.6 years, and the median time served was 1.3 years.
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Persons released from state prison in 2016 served an average of 46% of their maximum sentence length before their initial release.
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State prisoners initially released in 2016 served an average of 62% of their sentence if they were serving time for rape or sexual assault, and 38% if serving time for drug possession.
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Persons serving less than one year in state prison represented 40% of first releases in 2016.
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Persons sentenced for murder or non-negligent manslaughter served an average of 15 years in state prison before their initial release.
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Ninety-six percent of violent offenders released in 2016, including 70% of those sentenced for murder or non-negligent manslaughter, served less than 20 years before initial release.
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About three-quarters of violent offenders released from state prison in 2016 served at least one year before initial release.
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Roughly 1 in 5 persons released in 2016 after being sentenced for rape or sexual assault served 10 or more years before initial release.
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On average, persons serving time for property, drug, or public-order offenses served less than two years before initial release.
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Most offenders (59%) released from state prison in 2016 after serving time for drug possession served less than one year before their initial release.
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