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# Federal Prison Offense Sentences in the Eastern District of New York, FY2016–2025
- URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-prison-offenses-sentences-eastern-district-of-new-york/
- Published: 2026-11-04T11:00:06.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-04T11:00:06.000Z
- Description: In the Eastern District of New York, 26 people were sentenced for prison offenses in fiscal years 2016 to 2025. All 26 (100%) pleaded guilty. Of them, 24 (92%) received a prison term, with a median of 6.6 months. Across all 94 districts, the median for this offense type was 10 months.
- Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart
- Tags: Understanding Trends, Federal

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**In brief:** In the Eastern District of New York, 26 people were sentenced for prison offenses in fiscal years 2016 to 2025\. All 26 (100%) pleaded guilty. Of them, 24 (92%) received a prison term, with a median of 6.6 months. Across all 94 districts, the median for this offense type was 10 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 26 people sentenced in federal court in fiscal years 2016 to 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/).

## Every Case Ended in a Guilty Plea

All 26 people (100%) pleaded guilty, and none were convicted after a trial. Across all districts, 99% pleaded guilty, and for all offenses in this district the figure was 95%.

Among the guilty pleas, 62% had a written plea agreement, and 38% were straight pleas with no agreement. Straight pleas were more common here than in many offense types.

Because no one went to trial, the records cannot compare trial and plea sentences.

## Prison Terms

Of the 26 people, 24 (92%) received a prison term, and 2 (8%) received probation only. The median prison term was 6.6 months. A quarter received 12 months or more, and a quarter received 3.5 months or less.

The median across all districts was 10 months, which is higher. Across all offenses in the district, it was 27 months. A mandatory minimum prison term applied to 0 of the 26 people.

After prison, 17 people (65%) were ordered to serve supervised release, with a median term of 24 months.

## Sentences Mostly Within the Guideline Range

The sentence was within the guideline range for 18 people (69%). Another 7 (27%) were below the range without a request from the government, and 1 (4%) was below the range at the government's request. No sentence was above the range.

In this district, the within-range share for all offenses was 24%. Across all districts, 63% of sentences for this offense type were within the range.

## Escape and Contraband Guidelines

"Prison Offenses" is the U.S. Sentencing Commission's offense type. The most common primary guideline was §2P1.1 (Escape, Instigating or Assisting Escape), used for 24 people.

A total of 2 people were sentenced under §2P1.2 (Providing or Possessing Contraband in Prison). These cases were less than 1% of the 6,411 people sentenced in the district.

## Criminal History

Criminal history differs from most offense types here. Only 4% were in the lowest category (Category I), and 15% were in the highest (Category VI).

No fine and no restitution was ordered in any of the 26 cases (0% each).

## Counts by Fiscal Year

Fiscal years 2016 to 2019 have 11 people, and fiscal years 2020 to 2025 have 15 people. The largest year is fiscal year 2025, with 8 people and a median of 12 months.

Fiscal year 2016 has the highest median among the years, 20.5 months, based on 3 people. Most years have 1 or 2 people, so the table does not show a trend. The fiscal year runs from October 1 through the end of September.

| Fiscal year | People sentenced | Median prison | Pleaded guilty |
| ----------- | ---------------- | ------------- | -------------- |
| 2016        | 3                | 20.5 months   | 3 of 3         |
| 2017        | 1                | 6.5 months    | 1 of 1         |
| 2018        | 6                | 6.1 months    | 6 of 6         |
| 2019        | 1                | 0 months      | 1 of 1         |
| 2020        | 1                | 3 months      | 1 of 1         |
| 2021        | 1                | 4.6 months    | 1 of 1         |
| 2022        | 1                | 6.1 months    | 1 of 1         |
| 2023        | 2                | 6.1 months    | 2 of 2         |
| 2024        | 2                | 4.5 months    | 2 of 2         |
| 2025        | 8                | 12 months     | 8 of 8         |

## Limits of the Records

The Commission counts only people who were convicted and sentenced. Acquittals and dismissals are not included, and prison terms are the terms imposed, not time served.

The records give no case details.

### How We Counted

Everyone sentenced in federal court in the Eastern District of New York (U.S. Sentencing Commission district label "New York East") in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 whose offense type was "Prison Offenses" (26). Offense types are the Commission's OFFGUIDE categories.

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.

## 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)
- [Federal Sentences in the Eastern District of New York, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-district-eastern-district-of-new-york/) (overview)
- [Federal Drug Trafficking Sentences in the Eastern District of New York, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-drug-trafficking-sentences-eastern-district-of-new-york/) (same district, other offense type)
- [Federal Fraud, Theft, and Embezzlement Sentences in the Eastern District of New York, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-fraud-theft-embezzlement-sentences-eastern-district-of-new-york/) (same district, other offense type)
- [Federal Firearms Sentences in the Eastern District of New York, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-firearms-sentences-eastern-district-of-new-york/) (same district, other offense type)
- [Federal Immigration Offense Sentences in the Eastern District of New York, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-immigration-sentences-eastern-district-of-new-york/) (same district, other offense type)
- [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.