
Revised February 2012

In January 2012, the Florida Department of Corrections housed 100,345 inmates in its 60 state prisons (including seven private prisons), and supervised almost 115,000 active offenders on community supervision at 156 probation offices throughout the state.
The Department employs approximately 25,500 employees, the majority of whom are Correctional Officers or Correctional Probation Officers.
Florida's recidivism rate has dropped to 30%, which means almost one of every three inmates released from a Florida prison returns to prison in Florida within three years. (This does not include the number of inmates who return to county jails, federal prisons or prisons in other states.)

The majority of Florida's state-run prisons ARE NOT air conditioned. All contracted prisons are air conditioned.
Most prison inmates live in dormitories not cells. Florida State Prison in Starke is the only Florida prison where all inmates live in single cells.
Most Florida inmates must serve a minimum of 85% of their sentences before release. Inmates released in December 2011 served an average of 85.5% of their sentences.
More than 84% of prison inmates work in jobs ranging from laundry, cooking and prison maintenance to prison industries and outside work squads. Community Work Squad inmates perform services under agreements with the Department of Transportation, other state agencies such as the Division of Forestry, counties, cities, municipalities, and non-profit organizations. In Fiscal Year 2010-11, the Department of Corrections' Community Work Squad inmates worked 4.2 million hours in our communities, saving Florida taxpayers more than $53 million.
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Appropriation History (Billions)

Florida prisons DO NOT have cable television. Inmates have access to a single, donated television in most of their day rooms that services about 75 inmates per dorm. Correctional Officers control the channels and remote. Death row inmates have 13-inch (donated or purchased) television sets in their cells.
As mandated by law, all inmates have access to libraries, religious services, medical and dental care.
Inmates using Florida prison general libraries during fiscal year 2010-11 borrowed 1,751,703 books and periodicals. This includes fiction, non-fiction, reference books, magazines, and newspapers. Law library services were provided to inmates 627,044 times throughout the state. If you or your organization would like to donate books to our general prison libraries, please contact Marty Morrison at (850) 717-3163.
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Inmates grow crops every year, and under the leadership of Governor Rick Scott, inmates are growing even more of their own food. Inmates are cultivating approximately 1,100 acres at over 53 different farms and gardens and six University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) facilities. They harvested three million pounds of produce including broccoli, cabbage, cantaloupe, and watermelon from July 2011 to December 2011, compared to 2.1 million pounds harvested during the same time the previous year. These crops, which include donations and IFAS-produced crops, are used to supplement inmate meals, help inmates learn a skill and reduce inmate idleness.
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It costs an average $53.35 a day or $19,473 per year to house an inmate in a Florida prison.
Certified entry-level Correctional Officers are paid $30,807.92 annually.
Certified entry-level Correctional Probation Officers are paid $33,478.12 annually.
From July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011, 34,992 inmates were admitted to prison, and 35,549 inmates were released. During that same period, 92,258 offenders were admitted to community supervision, and 94,171 were released from supervision.
Inmates in Florida's prisons on December 31, 2011 ranged in age from 15 to 92.
Of the 100,924 inmates in Florida prisons on December 31, 2011, 93% were male and 7% female.
The top ten offenses Florida inmates were serving time for on December 31, 2011 were:
| Top 10 Offenses on December 31, 2011 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Primary Offense | # Inmates | % total inmates |
| Robbery With Weapon | 8,800 | 8.7 |
| Manufacture, Sale or Purchase of Drugs | 8,578 | 8.5 |
| Burglary of a Dwelling | 8,299 | 8.2 |
| Drugs, Trafficking | 6,728 | 6.7 |
| First Degree Murder | 6,703 | 6.7 |
| Lewd and Lascivious Behavior | 4,742 | 4.7 |
| Second Degree Murder | 4,618 | 4.6 |
| Robbery Without Weapon | 3,711 | 3.7 |
| Aggravated Battery | 3,321 | 3.3 |
| Weapons Possession | 3,101 | 3.1 |
The top ten counties of conviction for inmates in prison on December 31, 2011 were:
| Top 10 Counties of Conviction on December 31, 2011 | ||
|---|---|---|
| County of Conviction | # Inmates | % total inmates |
| Miami-Dade | 8,200 | 8.1 |
| Duval | 7,728 | 7.8 |
| Broward | 7,674 | 7.7 |
| Hillsborough | 7,904 | 7.6 |
| Pinellas | 6,305 | 6.3 |
| Orange | 5,709 | 5.7 |
| Palm Beach | 4,452 | 4.4 |
| Polk | 3,822 | 3.8 |
| Brevard | 3,036 | 3.0 |
| Escambia | 2,808 | 2.8 |
Inmate Population on December 31, 2011 by Primary Offense

| Primary Offense of Offenders on Community Supervision on December 31, 2011 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Offense | Length of Supervision | Average Age at Offense | % Offenders |
| Murder/Manslaughter | 15.0 yrs | 28.6 yrs | 1.6 |
| Sexual Offense | 10.1 yrs | 34.5 yrs | 4.3 |
| Robbery | 6.3 yrs | 23.8 yrs | 3.6 |
| Violent Offenses | 3.8 yrs | 31.8 yrs | 15.5 |
| Burglary | 3.8 yrs | 25.8 yrs | 11.1 |
| Theft, Forgery, Fraud | 4.0 yrs | 32.2 yrs | 26.7 |
| Drugs | 3.0 yrs | 31.6 yrs | 26.4 |
| Weapons | 3.1 yrs | 30.1 yrs | 2.3 |
| Other Non-Violent | 2.9 yrs | 35.3 yrs | 8.5 |
| General Characteristics of Offenders on Supervision on December 31, 2011 | |
|---|---|
| Gender | % Offenders |
| Male | 75.3 |
| Female | 24.7 |
| Race | |
| White | 63.3 |
| Black | 31.5 |
| Other | 5.2 |
| Prior Supervision Commitments | |
| None | 60.9 |
| 1 | 21.0 |
| 2 | 8.9 |
| 3 | 4.4 |
| 4 | 4.8 |
Types of Offenses for Offenders on Supervision December 31, 2011

Inmates who committed felonies and are sentenced to at least a year and a day are sent to state prison in Florida, and are under the jurisdiction of the Florida Department of Corrections. To find an inmate in the state prison system in Florida, go to www.dc.state.fl.us/InmateInfo/InmateInfoMenu.asp
Inmates who have committed federal crimes are sent to federal prisons which may be located in Florida. The Federal Bureau of Prisons website, which includes inmate locators, is www.bop.gov/.
Inmates who have not yet been sentenced, or who are charged with misdemeanors, and/or who have been sentenced to less than a year are housed in county jails. Click here for a list of all county sheriff's offices to find a specific county jail: http://www.flsheriffs.org/sheriffs/florida-sheriff-directory.