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Parolee Facts

The New York State parolee population is largely minority, poorly educated, underemployed, and concentrated in urban New York. 

March 2008

Ethnicity
52% - Black
25% - Hispanic
21% - White
2% - Other

Service Needs
71% - Drug Abuse
47% - Alcohol Abuse
48% - Unemployment
14% - Grade School Education Only

Sex
92% - Male
8% - Female

Residence
57% - Five Boroughs
7% - Long Island
36% - Upstate

Age
Median 37

Conviction Crime*

A-1 Violent** and VFO Offenses 39.0%
13.7% - Robbery
  5.5% - Burglary
  6.1% - Murder/Manslaughter
  5.1% - Assault
  2.5% - Sex Offenses
  5.5% - Weapons
    .6% - Kidnapping/Arson

Other Violent 5.1%
2.1% - Robbery
3.0% - Other

Drugs 37.2%
23.0% - Sale
14.2% - Possession

Property 10.8%
4.0%-Burglary
3.5% - Larceny
3.3% - Other theft

Other 7.8%
2.2% - YO/JO
2.4% - DWI
3.2% - Other

 

* All conviction crimes reflect top charge.

** A-1 violent offenses include Murder, Attempted Murder 1st, Arson 1st and Kidnapping 1st. VFOs include other legislatively-designated violent felony offenders.

Parole Regions

The Division of Parole is split up into five separate regions

Two of New York State's Division of Parole's five regions are

 in the New York City area.

 Metro I Region

Map - Metro Region 1

Metro II Region

Map - Metro Region 2

Parolee Characteristics of those on parole

in New York State

March 31, 2008

The following table presents the characteristics of parolees supervised within New York State by Region. The figures exclude temporary release, community preparation and unassigned cases and have been adjusted for missing information.

Note: Metro I and Metro II include New York City

 

METRO
I
 

 METRO
II

NYC
Absconders*
 

REGION
III
 

 REGION
IV

WILLARD 

 REGION
V

IN-STATE
TOTAL
 

GENDER                

Male

93%

93%

92%

93%

90%

93%

91%

92%

Female

7%

7%

8%

7%

10%

7%

9%

8%

TOTAL GENDER

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

AGE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16-25 years

15%

15%

8%

16%

22%

32%

18%

16%

26-30 years

17%

18%

12%

19%

20%

23%

20%

18%

31-35 years

14%

15%

12%

14%

14%

12%

15%

14%

36-40 years

14%

15%

15%

16%

13%

13%

15%

15%

41 years or Older

40%

37%

53%

35%

31%

20%

32%

37%

TOTAL AGE

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

RACE/ETHNICITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Black

52%

63%

45%

56%

39%

51%

45%

52%

Hispanic

42%

26%

47%

16%

9%

20%

9%

25%

White

5%

9%

6%

27%

50%

27%

44%

21%

Other

1%

2%

2%

1%

2%

2%

2%

2%

TOTAL RACE/ETHNICITY

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

DRUG ABUSE HISTORY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes

69%

65%

75%

71%

71%

82%

82%

71%

No

31%

35%

25%

29%

29%

18%

18%

29%

TOTAL DRUG ABUSE

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

ALCOHOL ABUSE HISTORY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes

35%

36%

46%

52%

58%

59%

74%

47%

No

65%

64%

54%

48%

42%

41%

26%

53%

TOTAL ALCOHOL ABUSE

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

EMPLOYMENT STATUS**

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employed

42%

43%

N/A

48%

49%

N/A

44%

44%

Unemployed

48%

52%

N/A

45%

42%

N/A

47%

48%

Unable to be Employed

10%

5%

N/A

7%

9%

N/A

9%

8%

TOTAL EMPLOYMENT

100%

100%

N/A

100%

100%

N/A

100%

100%

EDUCATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grade School Only

15%

12%

22%

9%

12%

13%

11%

14%

At Least Some High School

78%

81%

72%

82%

80%

81%

81%

79%

At Least Some College

7%

7%

6%

9%

8%

6%

8%

7%

TOTAL EDUCATION

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

ORIGINAL CONVICTION OFFENSE

 

 

 

 

 

 

A-1 Violent

2%

3%

1%

2%

1%

0%

2%

2%

Legislative VFO***

38%

48%

32%

35%

28%

2%

32%

37%

Other Coercive

4%

5%

4%

5%

7%

4%

6%

5%

Drug Offenses

45%

31%

52%

39%

32%

62%

27%

37%

Major Property

7%

8%

8%

10%

17%

18%

17%

11%

Other Felony

2%

3%

2%

7%

11%

9%

12%

6%

Youthful or Juvenile Offend

2%

2%

2%

2%

4%

5%

4%

2%

TOTAL ORIG. CONVICTION

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY OFFENSE

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes

2%

4%

2%

4%

8%

0%

6%

4%

No

98%

96%

98%

96%

92%

100%

94%

96%

TOTAL SEX OFFENDER

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL CASES

10,701

10,506

3,365

5,396

6,865

549

5,590

42,972

                 

 

 

 

Notes:
*   NYC Absconder Caseloads assigned to the Warrant Squads and Bureau of Special Services.
**  Employment status based on active parolees able to be employed.

*** VFO - violent felony offender

 Data as reported by the New York State Division of Parole: http://www.parole.state.ny.us

 
*Data and information used for this summary were taken from the NYS Department of Correctional Services.  A detailed copy of the report entitled PROFILE OF POPULATION UNDER CUSTODY ON JANUARY 1, 2008, may be found at http://www.docs.state.ny.us/Research/Reports/2009/UnderCustody_Report_2009.pdf

 

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