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Chi/d mo/esters and sexual assaulters On average, child molesters were released after serving nearly 3 years (33.7 months) of their nearly 7-year sentence (81.1 months) (table 4). Statutory rapists were released after serving a little over 2 years of their approximately 4-year sentence. Upon release, almost half of the child moles- ters still had at least 3 years of their sentence remaining to be served, compared to 15% of statutory rapists. Table 4. Sentence length and time served for child molesters and statutory rapists released from prison in '1994 Child Statutory Characteristic molesters rapists Sentence length (in months) Mean 81.1 mo 49.5 mo Median 66.0 36.0 Time served (in months) Mean 33.7 mo 27.6 mo Median 25.8 19.4 Percent of sentence served 43.3 % 52.8% Upon release in 1994, percent who had served - 6 months or less 5.7% 9.6 7-12 12.6 20.4 13-16 20.8 18.2 19-24 10.1 14.3 25-30 7.2 8.6 31-36 11.2 7.0 37-60 19.7 13.4 61 months or more 12.8 8.6 Upon release in 1994, percent with time still remaining to be served 6 months or less 2.5% 1 O.8% 7-12 5.4 17.4 13-18 10.2 26.9 19-24 16.1 13.1 25-30 7.9 8.5 31-36 8.9 8.5 37-60 24.9 9.2 61 months or more 24.1 5.6 Total first releases 3,104 317 Note: The 3,104 child molesters were released in 13 States; the 317 statutory rapists in 10 States. Because of overlapping definitions, all statutory rapists a lso appear under the column "child molesters." Figures are based on first releases only. First releases include only those offenders leaving prison for the first tim e since beginning their sentence. First releases exclude those who left prison in 1994 but who h ad previously been released under the same sentence and had returned to prison for violating the conditions of release. 1 O Recidivism of Sex Offenders Re/eased from Prison in 9994 50A-59