Published on: Monday, May 5, 2025
The United States Sentencing Commission released Quick Facts for Individuals in the Federal Bureau of Prisons, available here. As of March 2025, there were 154,155 individuals incarcerated in the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Of these individuals, 134,766 are serving a sentence for a federal conviction.
Here are some highlights:
- 88.5% of individuals in federal prison were sentenced within the past ten years; 66.9% were sentenced within the past five years.
- 93.3% are men.
- 34.9% are Black, 30.7% are Hispanic, 29.9% are White, and 4.5% are Other races.
- Their average age is 42 years;
- 22.5% are 50 years or older;
- 7.3% are 60 years or older.
- 85.3% are United States citizens.
- 31.2% have little or no prior criminal history (Criminal History Category I);
- 10.5% are CHC II;
- 14.9% are CHC III;
- 11.1% are CHC IV;
- 9.3% are CHC V;
- 23.0% are CHC VI.
- 90.3% pleaded guilty.