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Hispanic Offenders in the DOC: A Statistical Description
Publication year:
1999
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: Of the total prison population, 23% were Hispanic. The majority of Hispanic prisoners are male (94%) and are incarcerated for drug related offenses (49%). Mean age of incarceration is 29.8 years old, with the mean maximum sentence length being 91 months for Hispanics. Sixty-seven percent of the Hispanic inmates had an educational achievement level below 11th grade compared to 45% of the non-Hispanic population. There were also only 13% of non-Hispanics incarcerated for drug related offenses. Life sentences were being served by 17 % of non-Hispanic inmates compared to 7% of the Hispanic population.