Reviewing basic demographics of home-confinement recipients of Prez Biden’s mass commutation

This new USA Today piece, headlined “Who was pardoned in Biden’s clemency? Data breakdown of demographics, ages,” reports on some general characteristics of the 1499 persons serving time on home confinement who received commutations from Prez Biden last week.  Here are some of the details:

An analysis of data collected by USA TODAY from the Bureau of Prisons showed the demographic split behind the numbers. Among the 1,499 whose sentences were commuted, 1,217 were identified as male and 282 as female.

About 61% of those were white, 37% Black, 1.8% Asian and 0.5% American Indian. Overall, 57% of people in prisons are white, 39% Black, 1.5% Asian and 2.9% American Indian….

The ages of those granted clemency ranged from 25 to 89, with a median age of 51. Many were nearing the end of their sentences; half had a year or less remaining before their projected release.