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Michael D. Crews, Secretary

2005-2006 Annual Report

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Inmate Admissions

Age of Prison Admissions
Ranges from 14 to 85 in FY 2005-06

The youngest person admitted to state prison this fiscal year was 14 years old at the time the crime was committed (14 years at admission), and the oldest was 85 years old when admitted to prison for racketeering.
Their average age was 33.5 years, and the largest age group that was admitted was ages 20-25 (23.9%).
The average age of women who were admitted this year was a little over one year older than men (34.6 versus 33.3).
Of the inmates over the age of 49 at admission, Hillsborough County sentenced the most, 235 or 9.1% of the total admissions population.
Of the inmates who were 17 or under when they committed their crimes, 14.9% were from Palm Beach County, and most were sentenced for robbery (31.0%) or violent (26.4%) crimes.

Average Age at Admission

Category	White Males	White Females	Black Males	Black Females	Other Males	Other Females	Total	Percent	Cumulative Percent
Age at Admission (Inmate Admissions for FY 2005-06)
16 and Below	22	2	61	2	0	0	87	0.2%	0.2%
17	66	0	123	4	6	2	201	0.6%	0.8%
18	151	11	263	8	17	2	452	1.3%	2.1%
19	351	27	490	16	29	2	915	2.6%	4.7%
20-25	3,250	391	4,121	314	267	34	8,377	23.9%	28.6%
26 to 29	1,966	322	2,188	224	146	14	4,860	13.8%	42.4%
30 to 34	2,294	377	2,036	225	164	27	5,123	14.6%	57.0%
35 to 39	2,153	487	1,669	209	117	20	4,655	13.3%	70.3%
40 to 44	2,154	423	1,738	268	95	21	4,699	13.4%	83.7%
45 to 49	1,463	245	1,197	146	60	12	3,123	8.9%	92.6%
50 to 54	717	86	676	49	37	2	1,567	4.5%	97.0%
55 to 59	332	30	235	8	13	1	619	1.8%	98.8%
60 to 64	157	9	79	2	9	0	256	0.7%	99.5%
65 to 69	60	2	31	0	4	0	97	0.3%	99.8%
70 and Over	50	2	15	0	0	0	67	0.2%	100.0%
TOTAL	15,186	2,414	14,922	1,475	964	137	35,098	100.0%	100.0%
AVERAGE	34.4	35.1	32.3	33.8	31.9	32.7	33.5
MEDIAN	33	35	30	33	30	32	32

2005-2006 Annual Report