Note: These numbers are based on data retrieved on April 14, 2021

Overview

This report includes an overview of 162 women incarcerated in Framingham, MA as of April 14, 2021.

Demographics

The women come from 103 unique zip codes. The average age is 42.2 years old. For this particular sample of women, the minimum number of children is 0 and the maximum is 7. Among the 95, or 59\(\%\), of women who have children, the average number of children is 2.32. Available race/ethnicity data is shown in the table below:

Race/Ethnicity Frequency Percent
ASIAN 3 1.9
BLACK 30 18.5
HISPANIC 12 7.4
NATIVE HAW 1 0.6
OTHER 21 13.0
WHITE 95 58.6

Length of Stay and Time Remaining

The average length of stay for the women in this sample is 2260 days (or 6.19 years). Approximately 25\(\%\) of the women have a LOS less than 365 days. Of the remaining 75\(\%\), the LOS ranges from 1.09 years to about 38 years.

The number of days remaining as of the data retrieval date listed above is unknown for 75 individuals. For those women with a known value for number of days remaining, there is a wide range of values. The minimum number of days is 9 and the maximum is 8031 (approximately 22 years). The average number of days remaining is 1530.94 (Median = 1161 and SD = 1525.33). Translated to years, the average sentence time remaining is 4.19 (Median = 3.18 and SD = 4.18).

Measure Min Mean Median SD Max
Age 20 42.2 39.0 13.0 76
LOS (days) 5 2260.0 846.0 3057.7 13858
LOS (years) 0 6.2 2.3 8.4 38
Time Remaining (Days) 9 1530.9 1161.0 1525.3 8031
Time Remaining (Years) 0 4.2 3.2 4.2 22
No. of Children 0 1.7 1.0 1.6 7

Sentencing

Among the women in this sample, there are 40 unique sentences. The most frequent sentence is “None” (n=26). This and other top sentences are shown below:

Sentence Frequency Percent
None 26 16.0
MURDER (1ST) 24 14.8
MURDER (2ND) 23 14.2
MANSLAUGHTER 21 13.0
ARMED ROBBERY 14 8.6
Trafficking of persons for sex servitude 6 3.7

The sentences listed in the table above reflect about 70\(\%\) of the womens’ sentences in this sample.

CommType Frequency Percent
A 24 14.8
F 125 77.2
M 2 1.2
T 11 6.8

Plots

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