Updated monthly (7/1/2020)

• 7,083 total males in the jurisdiction population: 6,591 criminally sentenced, 36 pre-trial detainees, and 456 civil commitments
• Average age of inmate was 43 years old (youngest inmate was 18 years old and oldest inmate was 91 years old)
• 97% were serving a sentence of more than three years
• 76% had a violent governing offense
• 466 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

Updated monthly (7/1/2020)

• 229 total females in the jurisdiction population: 200 criminally sentenced, 29 pre-trial detainees, and 0 civil commitments
• Average age of inmate was 41 years old (youngest inmate was 20 years old and oldest inmate was 75 years old)
• 92% were serving a sentence of more than three years
• 71% 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