Immigration and Naturalization Service: 1986 - 2001

Criminal Enforcement	Fiscal Year
	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
# of referrals for prosecution	8,840	8,597	7,787	9,045	9,723	12,467	16,045	18,522	18,869	17,933
# of referrals disposed of	8,552	8,541	7,320	8,093	9,050	10,115	14,045	16,979	17,003	17,622
# prosecuted	7,335	6,912	6,122	7,497	7,680	9,309	14,616	16,745	17,100	16,541
% of referrals prosecuted	84	81	80	87	79	82	93	93	93	93
# convicted after prosecution	6,228	5,990	5,169	6,197	6,300	7,225	11,592	14,174	14,147	14,452
% of those prosecuted found guilty	87	87	89	89	89	90	90	91	90	89
% of those convicted sentenced prison	64	69	72	73	74	74	70	75	81	79
median prison term (months)	2	2	4	5	12	15	12	12	15	15
average prison sentence (months)	6	8	11	13	17	19	19	22	23	24

Criminal Enforcement	Fiscal Year
	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991
# of referrals for prosecution	11,551	9,883	10,042	10,398	12,084	9,772
# of referrals disposed of	11,180	9,833	9,958	9,439	11,822	10,092
# prosecuted	10,438	8,944	9,139	9,032	10,928	8,788
% of referrals prosecuted	90	92	89	89	90	86
# convicted after prosecution	9,167	8,211	8,008	7,625	9,722	7,711
% of those prosecuted found guilty	91	91	91	91	91	89
% of those convicted sentenced prison	-	-	-	-	-	-
median prison term (months)	-	-	-	-	-	-
average prison sentence (months)	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Sentencing information not collected prior to 1992

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