Current parole admission and release trends at the Massachusetts Department of Correction

2012·0.25 MB·English

by  Rautenberg, Karyn

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Massachusetts Department ofCorrection
Luis S. Spencer, Commissioner
Current Parole Admission and Release Trends at the Massachusetts Department of Correction
Rhiana Kohl, Ph.D., Executive Director, Office ofStrategic Planning and Research
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Karyn Rautenberg, M.S. Research Analyst II, Research Planning Division
January 2012
Overview ofParole Admissions and Releases in 201 1
• Parole releases outnumbered parole admissions from June through November but were equal in December, ending in a cumulative
difference of68 inmates over the course of201
• Monthly parole admissions declined slowly between January and July from 47 to 19 admissions before fluctuating over the last five
months, August through December
• Monthly parole releases fluctuated between 16 and 50 releases throughout the year and outnumbered parole admissions in seven out of
twelve months in 201
Total MA DOC Parole Admissions and Releases by Month in 2011
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Parole Admissions Parole Releases Cumulative Difference
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1 This report refers exclusively to criminally sentenced inmates. ParoleAdmissions include"Inon a Parole Detainer" and"Parole Violator" admissions. Parole Releases
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include "Paroleto Street" and"Release from a Parole Detainer". (Therewereten Releases from a Parole Detainer in2011.) Since this report focuseson parolereleases to
the street, parole releases to otherjurisdictions, immigration, warrant, or"From & After" sentences are excluded (n=49). Data forthis report is from the Inmate Management
System fortheMassachusetts Department ofCorrection (MA DOC) and current as ofJanuary 3, 2012. References for2010 data are derived from the MADOC Research &
PlanningDivision's report entitled "PrisonPopulation Trends 2010" (August2011).
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Parole Admission and Release Trends2
MA DOC Parole Admissions and Releases in 2010 and 2011
1,400
1,200 1,028
• In 2010, parole releases
1,000 57% Decrease outnumbered admissions 1,028
800 to 443, resulting in a difference
600 of585 inmates over the
calendar year
400
443 • In 201 parole releases
200 16% Decrease 372 1,
outnumbered parole admissions
0 by 68 inmates
2010 Total 2011 Total
Parole Admissions •Parole Releases
2011 parole admissions are about 16percent less than those in 2010
while 2011parole releases were approximately 57percent less than 2010parole releases.
Monthly MA DOC Parole Admissions and Releases
• Parole admissions in 201 October 2010 - December 2011
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totaled 372 with a monthly a; 100
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average of31 compared to 36.9 C0O
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monthly admissions in 2010 CD 73 —72
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• Parole releases in 201 Tc3
totaled 440 with a monthly rccoo 60 \47 44 44 49 4? 51 40
average of36.7 compared to ow 40 — — —33- 317^ ^ 38 s 37
85.7 monthly releases in 2010 CO - + 42 \«^39\ 22
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• In December of201 1, '<E 20 33 36 34 30 ^29 -28~ 31^
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parole admissions and releases 16 19 22
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average, admissions were 29 Q- Oct- Nov- Dec- Jan- Feb- Mar- Apr- May- Jun- Jul- Aug- Sep- Oct- Nov- Dec-
percent lower while releases 10 10 10 11 11 11 il 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11
were 40 percent lower
Parole Admissions Parole Releases
References for2010 dataare derived from the MA DOC Research & Planning Division's reportentitled"Prison Population Trends 2010" (August 2011).
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Male Parole Admissions and
MA DOC Male Parole Admissionsand Releasesby Month in 2011
Releases
• Over the course of201 1 there
were 321 male parole admissions
and 329 male parole releases with
monthly averages of26.8
admissions and 27.4 releases
• For January through May, male
parole admissions outnumbered
parole releases and raised the
cumulative increase to 58 inmates
before the trend reversed and
brought the cumulative difference
Female Parole Admissions and Releases to eight inmates in December
• Female parole releases consistently outnumbered parole admissions over the trend
period and resulted in a cumulative difference of60 inmates Parole Admissions and Releases bv Gender
• Females averaged 4.3 parole admissions and 9.3 parole releases per month
MADOC Parole Admissionsand Releases
byGender in 2011
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MADOC FemalebPyarMoolnetAhdminis2s0i1o1nsand Releases (w/) 400 372 1
2155 15 _9— . H12 10 13 _ 3<121at)n 300 329
5 31 4 4 4 5 2 5 2 n 5 4 6 3 6 _ 200 321
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Female Male Total
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-65 Parole admissions were 86 percent male and 14
Female ParoleAdmissions Female Parole Releases Cumulative Difference percent female
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Parole releases, however, were 75 percent male
and 25 percent female
Any comments or questions can be addressed by the Research & Planning Divisionvia email atResearchfajdoc.state.ma.us.
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Copies ofpublications from the Office ofStrategic Planning Research can be found on www.mass.gov/doc
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Publication No. 12-10-DOC-01 3 pgs. January, 2012
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