> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.bodiesburied.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # §2G1.1 Promoting a Commercial Sex Act or Prohibited Sexual Conduct with an Individual Other than a Minor: Federal Sentences, Fiscal Year 2025 - URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-guideline-2g1-1-promoting-a-commercial-sex-act-or-prohibited-fy2025/ - Published: 2026-11-04T10:27:40.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-04T10:27:40.000Z - Description: Of the 42 people sentenced under §2G1.1 in fiscal year 2025, a mandatory minimum applied to 16 (38%), and 4 (10%) received probation only. The median prison term was 75 months (6.2 years). The 5 people convicted after a trial had a median of 420 months. - Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart - Tags: Understanding Trends, Federal [Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/) › [Federal Prosecution Analysis](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal/) › [§2G1.1 Promoting a Commercial Sex Act or Prohibited Sexual C](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-guideline-2g1-1-promoting-a-commercial-sex-act-or-prohibited/) › §2G1.1: FY2025 **In brief:** Of the 42 people sentenced under §2G1.1 in fiscal year 2025, a mandatory minimum applied to 16 (38%), and 4 (10%) received probation only. The median prison term was 75 months (6.2 years). The 5 people convicted after a trial had a median of 420 months. Updated November 4, 2026 · Sources: U.S. Sentencing Commission and Federal Judicial Center, fiscal years 2016–2025 This post uses the U.S. Sentencing Commission's records of 42 people sentenced in federal court in fiscal year 2025\. Acquittals and dismissals come from a second source, the Federal Judicial Center's records of 753,808 federal defendants whose cases ended in fiscal years 2016 to 2025\. It is part of the [Federal Prosecution Analysis](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal/) series, which builds on [Military Moves Toward Sentencing Guidelines to Mirror the Federal System](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/military-sentencing-guidelines-federal-system/). How the numbers were built: [How the Federal Comparison Data Was Built](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-data-methodology/). ## Mandatory Minimums in Fiscal Year 2025 A mandatory minimum prison term applied to 16 of the 42 people with that information recorded (38%). The U.S. Sentencing Commission counted 42 people in this year whose primary guideline was §2G1.1. The Guidelines Manual titles the guideline "Promoting a Commercial Sex Act or Prohibited Sexual Conduct with an Individual Other than a Minor." Fiscal year 2025 ran from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025. ## Prison, Probation, and Median Terms A total of 38 of the 42 people (90%) received a prison term. Probation only, with no prison or other confinement, went to 4 (10%). The median prison term was 75 months. A quarter received 207 months or more, and a quarter received 13 months or less. In fiscal year 2024 the median was 60 months, which was lower. The median for all fiscal years 2016 to 2025 was 33 months. Supervised release was ordered for 37 people (88%), with a median term of 60 months. ## Guilty Pleas and the Trial Group A total of 37 of the 42 people (88%) pleaded guilty, and 5 were convicted after a trial. Among guilty pleas, 95% had a written plea agreement and 5% were straight pleas. The median prison term was 24 months after a guilty plea and 420 months after a trial. The trial figure is based on 5 people. The records show both medians but not what differed between the cases. ## Where Sentences Fell Against the Guideline Range Within the range were 36% (15) of the 42 people. Below the range at the government's request were 33% (14), and below it without a request were 24% (10). Above the range were 7% (3). The within-range share was 41% in fiscal year 2024, which was higher than in 2025\. For all fiscal years 2016 to 2025 under this guideline, it was 41%. For everyone sentenced in federal court in fiscal year 2025, it was 51%. ## Other Measures in the Records A fine was ordered for 2 people (5%), and restitution for 16 (38%). For criminal history, 40% were in the lowest category (Category I) and 17% in the highest (Category VI). Court-martial records have no criminal history field. The Commission's offense types were Commercialized Vice for 22 people and Sexual Abuse for 20. ## Yearly Counts and Limits Across fiscal years 2016 to 2025, 612 people were sentenced under this guideline, and 94% were sent to prison. In the same period 92% pleaded guilty. The table lists each year for this guideline. Everyone sentenced in federal court in fiscal year 2025 totaled 66,662 people, with a median prison term of 24 months and 98% guilty pleas. The data counts only people convicted and sentenced, so acquittals and dismissals are not included. A group of 42 is small, and one year is not a trend. The approved crosswalk has no close court-martial counterpart, so this post reports federal numbers on their own. | Fiscal year | People sentenced | Median prison | Pleaded guilty | | ----------- | ---------------- | ------------- | -------------- | | 2016 | 70 | 24 months | 96% | | 2017 | 72 | 27 months | 93% | | 2018 | 80 | 27 months | 89% | | 2019 | 82 | 27 months | 94% | | 2020 | 38 | 27 months | 89% | | 2021 | 58 | 30 months | 95% | | 2022 | 68 | 79 months | 90% | | 2023 | 46 | 84 months | 93% | | 2024 | 56 | 60 months | 89% | | 2025 | 42 | 75 months | 88% | ### How We Counted Everyone sentenced in federal court in fiscal year 2025 whose primary sentencing guideline was §2G1.1 (42), U.S. Sentencing Commission individual data files. The primary guideline is the one that set the offense level for the most serious count. Federal fiscal years run from October 1 to September 30\. No person, judge, or lawyer is identified in any of these records. ### What to Keep in Mind **No parole in federal prison; credit for good conduct.** Federal prison has no parole for crimes committed on or after November 1, 1987\. A federal prisoner can earn up to 54 days of good conduct credit for each year of the sentence the judge imposed, which is about 15%. Some federal prisoners can also earn First Step Act time credits, but many offenses make a person ineligible. The numbers in this post are the sentences judges imposed, not the time people actually served. **Federal supervised release.** Most federal prison sentences are followed by a term of supervised release that the judge sets as part of the sentence. A person who violates it can be sent back to prison. A court-martial cannot sentence anyone to supervision after release. Military parole and mandatory supervised release are decided later by a board, not by the judge at trial. **Who decides the sentence, and under what rules.** Federal judges sentence every federal case. They must calculate the Sentencing Guidelines range, which is advisory, and must impose any mandatory minimum the statute requires unless an exception applies. In courts-martial, the accused could choose sentencing by members until the rules changed. For cases in which every guilty finding is for an offense committed after December 27, 2023, a military judge sentences alone, within sentencing parameters. Courts-martial tried in 2024 and later include both old-rule and new-rule cases, and the data cannot tell them apart. **Time periods.** Federal numbers are by federal fiscal year (October 1 to September 30), based on the sentencing date. The military numbers are by trial date. Neither source has the date of the offense, so a change in law shows up in either data set gradually. **How life sentences and "time served" are counted.** In the federal numbers, a life sentence is counted as 470 months, and any other sentence longer than 470 months is counted as just under 470 months. A sentence of "time served" is counted as one day (0.03 months). Averages are affected by these rules; medians much less. **Mandatory minimum sentences.** Many federal statutes on drugs, images of child exploitation, child sex abuse, and firearms carry mandatory minimum prison terms. The UCMJ has mandatory minimums only for a few offenses (a dishonorable discharge or dismissal for rape and sexual assault, and life for premeditated murder). Federal sentences for these offenses are partly set by Congress, not by the judge. ## Related Analysis - [Military Moves Toward Sentencing Guidelines to Mirror the Federal System](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/military-sentencing-guidelines-federal-system/) (the background article) - [Federal Prosecution Analysis](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal/) (all federal posts) - [How the Federal Comparison Data Was Built](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-data-methodology/) (sources and method) - [§2G1.1 Promoting a Commercial Sex Act or Prohibited Sexual Conduct with an Individual Other than a Minor: Federal Sentences, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-guideline-2g1-1-promoting-a-commercial-sex-act-or-prohibited/) (overview) - [§2G1.1 Promoting a Commercial Sex Act or Prohibited Sexual Conduct with an Individual Other than a Minor: Federal Sentences, Fiscal Year 2024](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-guideline-2g1-1-promoting-a-commercial-sex-act-or-prohibited-fy2024/) (previous or next fiscal year) - [How Often Federal Judges Sentence Outside the Guideline Range](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-sentences-outside-guideline-range/) - [Mandatory Minimums: How Many Federal Sentences Are Set by Congress](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-mandatory-minimum-sentences/) - [U.S. Sentencing Commission, Individual Offender Datafiles](https://www.ussc.gov/research/datafiles/commission-datafiles?ref=bodiesburied.com) (source) - [Federal Judicial Center, Integrated Database (criminal defendants)](https://www.fjc.gov/research/idb?ref=bodiesburied.com) (source) **About the author.** Jocelyn C. Stewart is a retired Army JAG with more than 24 years of trying courts-martial and more than 200 jury trials. She hosts *Where All The Bodies Are Buried* and runs the [Law Office of Jocelyn C. Stewart](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/?ref=bodiesburied.com). This analysis is for education and information only. It is not legal advice, and every case is different.