Ministry of Justice · self-identified ethnicity: Black or Black British
Average sentence length of prisoners released from determinate sentences: Black or Black British
2024
42.7months
Average sentence length of prisoners released from determinate sentences for Black or Black British totalled 42.7 months in the period to 2024, up 20.4% (7.3) on the period before.
- Ministry of Justice dataset
- 6_02
- Self-identified ethnicity=Black or Black British; Measure=Average sentence length (months)
- column “2024”
- 42.7378 per period
- published 17 August 2026
2020 to 2024
What this measures
The mean sentence length, in months, of prisoners released from a determinate sentence in England and Wales in the calendar year, by the ethnicity recorded on entry to prison, with "Not stated/ Unrecorded" as its own category.
The offence mix, previous convictions or pleas behind the sentences, sentences passed in the year, or time served.
Source
- Dataset
- Ethnicity and the criminal justice system: offender management tables
- Release
- 2026-08-17, published 17 August 2026 · sha256 79e2b4fbb044745b…
- All values
- Average sentence length of prisoners released from determinate sentences by self-identified ethnicity