Demographics of 10-20-Life Felons

Gender/Race/Ethnicity
of All Qualifying Inmates

Of all 10-20-Life felons, two-thirds (67.6%) received the longest term for using a gun in a crime. About one-third (32.4%) were sentenced for the crime of felon possessing a gun.

Likewise, among the small number of female 10-20-Life felons (93), almost three-fourths (73.1%) received their longest term for using a gun in a crime and (26.9%) were sentenced for the crime of felon possessing a gun.

MAXIMUM MANDATORY SENTENCE
	3 YR	10 YR	20 YR	25 YR-LIFE	LIFE	TOTAL
GENDER
MALES	1,236	1,868	238	374	78	3,794
FEMALES	25	41	10	17	0	93
TOTAL	1,261	1,909	248	391	78	3,887
RACE / ETHNICITY
WHITE NOT HISPANIC	463	592	70	140	19	1,284
BLACK NOT HISPANIC	765	1,255	163	242	57	2,482
HISPANIC	28	55	9	9	2	103
OTHER NOT HISPANIC	5	7	6	0	0	18
TOTAL	1,261	1,909	248	391	78	3,887

Race: white=41% 3yrs, 49% 10yrs, 8% 20yrs, and 12% 25yrs; black=44% 3yrs, 41% 10yrs, 5% 20yrs, and 10% 25yrs; Hispanic=52% 3yrs,
36% 10yrs, 3% for 20yrs, and 9% 25yrs.

Using a gun in a crime accounted for the longest 10-20-Life mandatory sentence for 63.9% of white not Hispanics, for 69.2% of black not Hispanics, and for 72.8% of Hispanics.
Among 10-20-Life felons who used a gun in a crime, those whose longest mandatory term was 10 years comprised 72.1% of white not Hispanics, 73.1% of black not Hispanics, and 73.3% of all Hispanics.

Race excluding 3-year mandatory: white=67% 10yrs, 13% 20yrs, and 20% 25yrs; black=74% 10yrs, 9% 20yrs, and 17% 25yrs;
Hispanic=73% 10yrs, 7% 20yrs, and 20% 25yrs.

10-20-Life Criminals
Sentenced to Florida's Prisons:
September 2007

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Demographics of 10-20-Life Felons

Gender/Race/Ethnicityof All Qualifying Inmates

Gender/Race/Ethnicity
of All Qualifying Inmates