Florida Department of Corrections
Michael D. Crews, Secretary

Prior Commitments to the
Florida Department of Corrections

(Inmate Population on June 30, 2002)

Category	White Males	White Females	Black Males	Black Females	Other Males	Other Females	Total	Percent	Cumulative Percent
None	18,847	1,494	15,686	1,194	1,125	222	38,568	52.4%	52.4%
1	5,675	288	7,967	393	304	31	14,658	19.9%	72.4%
2	2,790	110	5,266	239	135	13	8,553	11.6%	84.0%
3	1,546	59	3,597	146	55	2	5,405	7.3%	91.3%
4	846	34	2,205	85	31	2	3,203	4.4%	95.7%
5	404	10	1,272	36	6	0	1,728	2.3%	98.1%
6	176	5	672	17	2	0	872	1.2%	99.2%
7	66	1	274	6	2	0	349	0.5%	99.7%
8	19	0	109	1	0	0	129	0.2%	99.9%
9+	13	0	70	1	0	0	84	0.1%	100.0%
Data Unavailable	1	0	3	0	0	0	4
TOTAL	30,383	2,001	37,121	2,118	1,660	270	73,553	100.0%	100.0%

Percent of Inmate Population with Priors
Continues to Decline

Prior commitment refers to any previous occasion that an inmate served time in the Florida prison system. This does not include supervision, such as probation. Nor does it include inmates who may have been in county jails in Florida, in other state systems or in the Federal prison system.

• The number of inmates in prison on June 30 who had been in Florida prisons previously has increased 32.5% over 10 years from 26,402 in 1992 to 34,981 in 2002.
  
  
• The percentage of inmates in prison with a prior commitment decreased in the last 10 years, from 56.2% in 1992 to 47.6% in 2002.
  
  
• Of the 38,568 (52.4%) in prison on June 30, 2002, who had no prior Florida prison commitments, 52.7% were white, 43.8% were black and 3.5% were other races.
  
  
• Of all inmates, 19.9% had been in prison in Florida once before, 11.6% had been in twice before, and 16.1% had been in three or more times before.

Percent of Inmate Population with Prior Commitments to Florida's Prison System On June 30, 1997-2002