Tables contain information on the nature of the present offense, personal background characteristics, criminal history variables, furlough participation variables, and release variables for all individuals released to the streets from Massachusetts correctional institutions. During 1981, there were 1,118 releasees, a 10-percent increase from 1980. A total of 46 percent of these were originally sentenced in three of the superior courts. More than half of the releasees spent some time in jail awaiting trial for their offense. Most releasees served an indeterminate minimum sentence. The majority had been serving sentences for serious offenses -- most commonly armed robbery. (Author summary modified)