Statistical Description of Releases From Massachusetts Correctional Institutions During 1989

• NCJ Number: 137306
• Author(s): L Lorant; R Tenaglia Jr
• Date Published: 1990
• Length: 196 pages
• Corporate Author: Massachusetts Dept of Correction
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This report presents a statistical description of the 3,737 offenders released from Massachusetts Department of Correction's institutions during 1989; information on trends among releases over the last 5 years is also included.

Abstract

The 3,737 releases in 1989 constituted an 8-percent increase over 1988 releases and an increase of 1,406 (60 percent) over 1985 releases. The number of males released during 1989 increased by 7 percent from 1988, and the number of females released during 1989 increased by 13 percent from 1988. Fifty-four percent of all releases were by parole, and 46 percent were by good conduct discharge or expiration of sentence. Fifty-six percent were released from maximum or medium security facilities, and 44 percent were released from lower security facilities. Many of those released from secure facilities were females who were serving county sentences or male parole violators. The average time served was 54 months for individuals incarcerated at Cedar Junction, 27.4 months for individuals serving Concord sentences, and 8.0 months for individuals serving Framingham sentences. Tables and a glossary