Average Sentence Length: 5.1 Years, 2000-01 Agency Annual Report

2000-2001 Annual Report

Inmate Admissions

Average Sentence Length: 5.1 Years

Most (62.8%) of those admitted to prison this fiscal year were sentenced to three years or less. The average sentence for everyone admitted to prison this fiscal year was 5.1 years. For calculation purposes, those sentenced to more than 50 years, life or death were coded as 50-year sentences.
Of the 443 inmates admitted to prison in FY 2000-01 with life sentences, 421 will serve a life sentence with no possibility of parole. The 22 who are parole eligible will have to serve 25 years in prison before becoming parole eligible.
Men who received death sentences are housed on death row at either Union Correctional Institution or Florida State Prison. Women on death row are located at Broward CI.
Over the past five years, average prison sentences have decreased slightly, from 5.7 years to 5.1 years, but the average percentage of sentence served has increased from 65.9% in FY 1996-97 to 82.1% for those released this fiscal year.
Anyone sentenced to prison today for a crime committed on or after October 1, 1995 will have served 85% of their sentence or more by the time they are released.
Any county jail time that an inmate has served prior to coming to state prison is subtracted from the prison sentence upon entry into prison. County jail time can range from days to years, and averaged 5.7 months for the inmates admitted in FY 2000-01.

Category	White Males	White Females	Black Males	Black Females	Other Males	Other Females	Total	Percent	Cumulative Percent
Sentence Length of Current Commitment (INMATE ADMISSIONS FOR FY 2000-01)
1 Year or Less	19	0	7	1	0	1	28	0.1%	0.1%
GT 1, LE 2 Yrs.*	4,429	721	5,174	643	164	39	11,170	43.4%	43.5%
GT 2, LE 3 Yrs.	2,003	221	2,408	232	76	25	4,965	19.3%	62.8%
GT 3, LE 4 Yrs.	962	86	1,097	77	29	11	2,262	8.8%	71.6%
GT 4, LE 5 Yrs.	949	70	1,087	68	35	10	2,219	8.6%	80.2%
GT 5, LE 6 Yrs.	333	16	331	26	9	5	720	2.8%	83.0%
GT 6, LE 7 Yrs.	270	17	251	14	8	4	564	2.2%	85.2%
GT 7, LE 8 Yrs.	203	12	200	3	5	0	423	1.6%	86.9%
GT 8, LE 9 Yrs.	85	6	87	2	1	1	182	0.7%	87.6%
GT 9, LE 10 Yrs.	343	12	363	13	21	4	756	2.9%	90.5%
GT 10, LE 12 Yrs.	123	9	108	7	5	3	255	1.0%	91.5%
GT 12, LE 15 Yrs.	344	8	338	6	11	2	709	2.8%	94.3%
GT 15, LE 24 Yrs.	226	8	244	9	11	1	499	1.9%	96.2%
GT 24, LE 30 Yrs.	150	7	170	3	12	3	345	1.3%	97.5%
GT 30, LE 40 Yrs.	51	2	58	4	4	0	119	0.5%	98.0%
GT 40, LE 50 Yrs.	18	0	10	0	0	0	28	0.1%	98.1%
Over 50 Yrs.	7	0	18	0	0	1	26	0.1%	98.2%
Life	184	6	236	6	11	0	443	1.7%	99.9%
Death	12	0	5	0	1	0	18	0.1%	100.0%
TOTAL	10,711	1,201	12,192	1,114	403	110	25,731	100.0%	100.0%
Average**	5.3	3.0	5.3	3.1	6.5	4.8	5.1
Median**	2.7	1.8	2.5	2.0	3.0	3.0	2.5
* GT - Greater than, LE - less than or equal to. ** Sentence lengths of 50 years or longer, life, and death are coded as 50 years for calculations of averages and medians.

2000-2001 Annual Report

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