4.6 Security Classification

Males tended to have a higher security status than females. For male sentenced inmates, 51.5 percent were in medium security, 44.6 percent were held in minimum security, with only 1.9 percent held in maximum security.

For female sentenced inmates, 26 percent were medium security and 71 percent were minimum security.

Table 4-6 Security status for sentenced inmates

Security status

Female

Male

Total

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Maximum

0

0.0%

90

1.9%

90

1.8%

High Medium

23

8.8%

697

14.4%

720

14.1%

Low Medium

45

17.2%

1794

37.1%

1839

36.1%

Minimum

186

71.0%

2154

44.6%

2340

45.9%

Unclassified

8

3.1%

98

2.0%

106

2.1%

Total

262

100.0%

4833

100.0%

5095

100.0%

Percentages may not add to 100 because of rounding.