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S.D. Ind. · fiscal year 20211 Oct 2020 – 30 Sep 2021

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Southern District of Indiana, fiscal year 2021

S.D. Ind. · Seventh Circuit · FY2021 nationally

The datafile contains cases reported to the Commission with sentencing documents. Sentence length statistics use the Commission's capped variable (sentences of 470 months or longer, including life, are recorded as 470 months) and exclude sentences of probation or a fine only. Figures are aggregates of past cases and are not a prediction for any case.

In fiscal year 2021 (1 October 2020 to 30 September 2021), 413 sentenced cases in the Southern District of Indiana appear in the Commission's datafile. FY2020 had 64,565.

The median prison term was 60 months (5 years); 95% of cases carried a prison term. 46% of sentences were within the guideline range, 20% below it on a government motion, 32% below it for other reasons and — above it.

413cases sentencedFY2020: 537
60median prison monthsnational FY2021: 29
46%within guideline rangenational 43%
95%cases with a prison termnational 91%

§ 1Offence types sentenced in FY2021

Primary offence typeCasesSharePrisonMedian monthsWithin rangeBelow, gov.Below, other
Drug Trafficking14535.1%100%8749%26%25%
Firearms13131.7%—3755%8%35%
Fraud/Theft/Embezzlement297.0%—3635%—35%
Sex Abuse235.6%100%292—57%—
Robbery204.8%100%99——50%
Money Launder194.6%—34——74%
Child Pornography174.1%100%144———
Prison Offenses102.4%100%20—0%—
8 other offence types, pooled194.6%fewer than 10 cases each

§ 2FY2021 compared

MeasureS.D. Ind.7th Cir.All districts
Cases sentenced4132,22257,287
Median prison months605729
Cases with a prison term95%92%91%
Within guideline range46%39%43%
Below range, government sponsored20%20%32%
Below range, other32%39%23%
Above range—3%3%

§ 3All fiscal years, S.D. Ind.

Fiscal yearCasesPrisonMedian monthsWithin rangeBelow, gov.Below, otherAbove
FY201841492%7040%30%27%3%
FY201947297%6046%19%32%2%
FY202053797%7146%21%30%3%
FY202141395%6046%20%32%—
FY202251597%6644%18%34%4%
FY202339395%9639%24%35%—
FY2024352—8742%23%32%4%
FY202535697%8049%21%26%3%

← FY2020FY2022 →

§ 4Provenance

Source: United States Sentencing Commission, Individual Offender Datafiles, fiscal years 2018–2025 (US government works), aggregated by this site; the FY2025 file is dated 29 Apr 2026. Fiscal year 2021 datafile. Counts below 10 are hidden or pooled. Errors in this site's processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections. Whole period: Southern District of Indiana, FY2018–FY2025.