Florida Department of Corrections
Michael D. Crews, Secretary

Sentence Length of
Current Commitment

• Almost one-fourth (24.5%) of current inmates have sentences of three years or less.
  
  
• Whereas the AVERAGE sentence length of current inmates is 15.1 years, the MEDIAN sentence length (same number of inmates with sentences above and below that number) is 7.5 years.
  
  
• Sixty-eight percent of current inmates are serving under the 85% law, which means that for crimes committed on or after October 1, 1995, the inmate has to serve at least 85% of his or her sentence.
  
  
• The largest category of sentence length for current inmates is "greater than one year, less than two" (9,494 or 12.9% of the inmate population on June 30, 2002.) This category is followed closely by those with Life or Death sentences, 8,659 or 11.8% of all inmates.

Total Sentence Length Of Current Commitment (Inmate Population on June 30, 2002)
Category	White Males	White Females	Black Males	Black Females	Other Males	Other Females	Total	Percent	Cumulative Percent
1 Year or Less	5	1	4	0	1	0	11	0.0%	0.0%
GT 1, LE 2 Yrs.*	3,859	568	4,339	533	150	45	9,494	12.9%	12.9%
GT 2, LE 3 Yrs.	3,402	362	4,086	426	156	43	8,475	11.5%	24.5%
GT 3, LE 4 Yrs.	2,218	196	2,598	216	114	18	5,360	7.3%	31.8%
GT 4, LE 5 Yrs.	2,891	210	3,273	239	112	31	6,756	9.2%	40.9%
GT 5, LE 6 Yrs.	1,375	59	1,507	99	66	12	3,118	4.2%	45.2%
GT 6, LE 7 Yrs.	1,208	72	1,322	62	86	18	2,768	3.8%	48.9%
GT 7, LE 8 Yrs.	1,032	53	1,255	53	52	8	2,453	3.3%	52.3%
GT 8, LE 9 Yrs.	626	24	693	27	31	6	1,407	1.9%	54.2%
GT 9, LE 10 Yrs.	1,634	51	2,136	104	98	22	4,045	5.5%	59.7%
GT 10, LE 12 Yrs.	1,065	66	1,294	45	81	20	2,571	3.5%	63.2%
GT 12, LE 15 Yrs.	2,060	61	2,727	81	135	17	5,081	6.9%	70.1%
GT 15, LE 24 Yrs.	2,158	73	3,032	81	132	10	5,486	7.5%	77.6%
GT 24, LE 30 Yrs.	1,511	43	2,300	43	112	8	4,017	5.5%	83.0%
GT 30, LE 40 Yrs.	765	25	1,147	22	52	3	2,014	2.7%	85.8%
GT 40, LE 50 Yrs.	260	6	421	8	13	1	709	1.0%	86.7%
GT 50 Yrs.	418	12	619	7	28	1	1,085	1.5%	88.2%
Life/Death	3,872	119	4,350	70	241	7	8,659	11.8%	100.0%
Data Unavailable	24	0	18	2	0	0	44
TOTAL	30,383	2,001	37,121	2,118	1,660	270	73,553	100.0%	100.0%
Average**	15.3	8.7	15.8	7.6	17.3	8.8	15.1
Median**	7.4	3.5	8.4	3.6	10.0	5.0	7.5

* 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.