The characteristics include offense, total sentence length, race, age, county of commitment, and mandatory minimum terms. The data reveal that 46 percent of the inmates were committed for personal crimes, including homicide, sexual assault, aggravated or simple assault, assault, robbery, kidnapping, other sex offenses, and other personal offenses. Thirty-four percent of the inmates were drug offenders. Thirty-eight percent had maximum statutory sentences of 10 years or more. Sixty-three percent were black, 19 percent white, and 17 percent Hispanic. Fifty-six percent were age 30 or under. Figures and tables