VIRGINIA CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM - FELONS PAROLED AND DISCHARGED, YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1977

• NCJ Number: 53634
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 18 pages
• Corporate Author: Virginia Dept of Corrections
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Report (Annual/Periodic)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS REPORT CONTAINS STATISTICS ON FELONS PAROLED AND DISCHARGED FROM THE VIRGINIA CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM FROM 1976 TO 1977.

Abstract

THE FIGURES SHOW THAT A TOTAL OF 803 FELONS WERE DISCHARGED DURING THE YEAR, OF WHICH 90.9 PERCENT WERE FIRST RELEASES AND 9.1 PERCENT WERE DISCHARGED AFTER HAVING BEEN RETURNED AS PAROLE VIOLATORS. MORE THAN HALF OF THE DISCHARGED FELONS COMMITTED PROPERTY OFFENSES, AND ABOUT ONE-FOURTH COMMITTED OFFENSES AGAINST PERSONS. THERE WERE 385 RELEASES WHO HAD A TERM OF SENTENCE OF 2 YEARS OR LESS, AND 788 WHO HAD A SENTENCE OF LESS THAN 10 YEARS. A TOTAL OF 1,824 FELONS WERE PAROLED DURING THE YEAR, OF WHICH 1,777 OR 97.4 PERCENT WERE FIRST RELEASES AND 47 OR 2.6 PERCENT WERE PAROLED AFTER HAVING BEEN RETURNED AS PAROLE VIOLATORS. OF THE PAROLEES, 783 COMMITTED OFFENSES AGAINST PERSONS, 724 COMMITTED PROPERTY OFFENSES, AND THE REMAINDER COMMITTED DRUG-RELATED OFFENSES. THERE WERE 178 PAROLEES WITH TERMS OF SENTENCE OF 2 YEARS OR LESS AND 1,335 WITH SENTENCES OF LESS THAN 10 YEARS. TABLES ARE PRESENTED ILLUSTRATING TERM OF SENTENCE VERSUS TIME SERVED, NUMBER OF MONTHS SERVED PRIOR TO PAROLE OR DISCHARGE, NUMBER DISCHARGED AND PAROLED BY OFFENSE AND TERM OF SENTENCE, TERMS OF SENTENCE VERSUS TIME SERVED, NUMBERS DISCHARGED AND PAROLED BY TIME SERVED ACCORDING TO OFFENSE, AND COMPARISONS OF RELEASE FIGURES WITH THOSE FOR 8 PREVIOUS YEARS. (DAG)