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S.D. Ind. · fiscal year 20241 Oct 2023 – 30 Sep 2024

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Southern District of Indiana, fiscal year 2024

S.D. Ind. · Seventh Circuit · FY2024 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 2024 (1 October 2023 to 30 September 2024), 352 sentenced cases in the Southern District of Indiana appear in the Commission's datafile. FY2023 had 64,124.

The median prison term was 87 months (7 yr 3 mo); — of cases carried a prison term. 42% of sentences were within the guideline range, 23% below it on a government motion, 32% below it for other reasons and 4% above it.

352cases sentencedFY2023: 393
87median prison monthsnational FY2024: 30
42%within guideline rangenational 46%
—cases with a prison termnational 92%

§ 1Offence types sentenced in FY2024

Primary offence typeCasesSharePrisonMedian monthsWithin rangeBelow, gov.Below, other
Drug Trafficking16346.3%100%12033%29%36%
Firearms5214.8%—4348%—31%
Robbery349.7%—12056%——
Fraud/Theft/Embezzlement308.5%—2953%—37%
Sex Abuse174.8%100%360———
Money Launder154.3%100%102———
Child Pornography133.7%100%120———
Immigration113.1%100%15—0%—
11 other offence types, pooled174.8%fewer than 10 cases each

§ 2FY2024 compared

MeasureS.D. Ind.7th Cir.All districts
Cases sentenced3522,01361,678
Median prison months876030
Cases with a prison term—92%92%
Within guideline range42%34%46%
Below range, government sponsored23%23%29%
Below range, other32%38%21%
Above range4%4%4%

§ 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%

← FY2023FY2025 →

§ 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 2024 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.