Male jurisdiction population
Updated monthly (1/1/2020)
- 7,988 total males in the jurisdiction population: 7,348 criminally sentenced, 64 pre-trial detainees, and 576 civil commitments
- Average age of inmate was 42 years old (youngest inmate was 18 years old and oldest inmate was 90 years old)
- 96% were serving a sentence of more than three years
- 73% had a violent governing offense
- 561 were serving a governing mandatory drug sentence
Updated annually (1/1/2019)
- 42% entered the Massachusetts DOC with less than a 9th grade reading level
- 44% entered the Massachusetts DOC with less than a 6th grade math level
- The 2014 three year recidivism rate was 32% for the total male population
- 35% were open mental health cases, 8% had a serious mental illness (SMI), and 25% were on psychotropic medication for the Custody Population as of 12/31/2018 Note: Information provided by Health Services Division
Female jurisdiction population
Updated monthly (1/1/2020)
- 304 total females in the jurisdiction population: 254 criminally sentenced, 45 pre-trial detainees, and 5 civil commitment
- Average age of inmate was 40 years old (youngest inmate was 19 years old and oldest inmate was 75 years old)
- 83% were serving a sentence of more than three years
- 66% had a violent governing offense
- 15 were serving a governing mandatory drug sentence
Updated annually (1/1/2019)
- 29% entered the Massachusetts DOC with less than a 9th grade reading level
- 34% entered the Massachusetts DOC with less than a 6th grade math level
- The 2014 three year recidivism rate was 32% for the total female population
- 74% were open mental health cases, 15% had a serious mental illness (SMI), and 56% were on psychotropic medication for the Custody Population as of 12/31/2018