Male jurisdiction population
Updated monthly (11/1/2020)
- 6,854 total males in the jurisdiction population: 6,277 criminally sentenced, 43 pre-trial detainees, and 534 civil commitments
- Average age of inmate was 43 years old (youngest inmate was 18 years old and oldest inmate was 87 years old)
- 97% were serving a sentence of more than three years
- 77% had a violent governing offense
- 405 were serving a governing mandatory drug sentence
- The 2015 three-year recidivism rate was 33% for the total male population
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
- 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 (11/1/2020)
- 211 total females in the jurisdiction population: 181 criminally sentenced, 29 pre-trial detainees, and 1 civil commitment
- Average age of inmate was 42 years old (youngest inmate was 20 years old and oldest inmate was 75 years old)
- 91% were serving a sentence of more than three years
- 72% had a violent governing offense
- 12 were serving a governing mandatory drug sentence
- The 2015 three-year recidivism rate was 32% for the total female population
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
- 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