{
  "source": "U.S. Sentencing Commission, Commission Datafiles, individual-offender records (public). https://www.ussc.gov/research/datafiles/commission-datafiles",
  "snapshot": "2026-06-26",
  "fy_window": { "start": 2020, "end": 2025 },
  "slice_n": 378458,
  "note": "Aggregate analysis only. No individual offender is identified. Status classifications: none=mand1 code 4; subject=mand1 code 5; relieved=mand1 codes 1/2/3/6 (safety valve or substantial assistance). Medians include 0-month sentences (probation).",
  "national": {
    "no_mandatory_minimum": { "n": 274927, "median_months": 12, "incarceration_pct": 63.9 },
    "mandatory_minimum_relieved": { "n": 32364, "median_months": 46, "incarceration_pct": 85.2 },
    "mandatory_minimum_subject": { "n": 59305, "median_months": 120, "incarceration_pct": 99.4 },
    "mm_convicted": 91669,
    "relief_pct": 35.3,
    "subject_pct": 64.7,
    "subject_vs_none_factor": 10.0
  },
  "offense_cuts": [
    {
      "offense_label": "Drug Trafficking", "offguide_code": "10",
      "no_mandatory_minimum": { "n": 39178, "median_months": 36 },
      "mandatory_minimum_relieved": { "n": 29681, "median_months": 46 },
      "mandatory_minimum_subject": { "n": 36249, "median_months": 120 }
    },
    {
      "offense_label": "Firearms", "offguide_code": "13",
      "no_mandatory_minimum": { "n": 44078, "median_months": 36 },
      "mandatory_minimum_relieved": { "n": 433, "median_months": 70 },
      "mandatory_minimum_subject": { "n": 4040, "median_months": 96 }
    },
    {
      "offense_label": "Fraud / Theft / Embezzlement", "offguide_code": "16",
      "no_mandatory_minimum": { "n": 26073, "median_months": 6 },
      "mandatory_minimum_relieved": { "n": 409, "median_months": 6 },
      "mandatory_minimum_subject": { "n": 2685, "median_months": 40 }
    },
    {
      "offense_label": "Immigration", "offguide_code": "17",
      "no_mandatory_minimum": { "n": 120676, "median_months": 4 },
      "mandatory_minimum_relieved": { "n": 152, "median_months": 18 },
      "mandatory_minimum_subject": { "n": 427, "median_months": 36 }
    }
  ]
}