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Jackson County, North Carolina sentencing data

In the latest North Carolina Department of Adult Correction public release loaded into Justice Audit, 124 people sentenced in Jackson County were held in North Carolina state prisons. Their median sentence is 7.5 years, longer than the statewide median of 7 years. 17% are serving 20 years or more, compared with 24% statewide. The most common offense is trafficking schedule i.

124people in prison
7.5 yearsmedian sentence (state: 7 years)
17%serving 20+ years (state: 24%)
9life sentences

Sentences by offense: Jackson County vs. North Carolina

Offenses with 10+ people. Median of the longest sentence from each person's most recent sentencing; life and death sentences not included.

OffensePeopleJackson median (yrs)North Carolina median (yrs)
Trafficking Schedule I207.57.5
Trafficking Schedule Ii187.57.5

Race

GroupPeopleShare
White8468%
Indigenous2016%
Black1411%

Groups with fewer than 10 people are not shown.

Other North Carolina counties

About this data

Source: North Carolina Department of Adult Correction public inmate records. People currently in state prison custody whose longest sentence was imposed in Jackson County, one record per person, using the longest sentence from their most recent sentencing. Criminal history is not in the data, so differences between counties can reflect prior records as well as sentencing practice.