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Rick Scott, Governor
Florida Department of Corrections
Michael D. Crews, Secretary
Inmate Admissions
General Characteristics
of FY 2005-06 Admissions
| Category | FY 2005-06 | |
|---|---|---|
| TOTAL ADMISSIONS | 35,098 | 100.0% |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 31,072 | 88.5% |
| Female | 4,026 | 11.5% |
| Race | ||
| White | 17,600 | 50.1% |
| Black | 16,397 | 46.7% |
| Other | 1,101 | 3.1% |
| Age at Admission | ||
| 17 & Under | 288 | 0.8% |
| 18-24 | 8,374 | 23.9% |
| 25-34 | 11,353 | 32.3% |
| 35-49 | 12,477 | 35.5% |
| 50-59 | 2,186 | 6.2% |
| 60+ | 420 | 1.2% |
| Prior DC Prison Commitments | ||
| 0 | 19,517 | 56.2% |
| 1 | 7,167 | 20.6% |
| 2 | 3,396 | 9.8% |
| 3 | 1,907 | 5.5% |
| 4+ | 2,771 | 8.0% |
| Data Unavailable = 340 | ||
| Inmate Admissions by Type of Offense |
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* One of the following conditions must occur for a crime to be defined as violent under this definition: actual physical harm or threat of physical harm, or a reasonable probability existed that individual criminal acts could have resulted in unintended physical harm or the threat of physical harm.
| Inmate Admissions Over Five Years |
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| Type of Offense | Number | Percent | Average Sentence Length in Years* | Average Age at Admission |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murder, Manslaughter | 929 | 2.7% | 24.7 | 33.4 |
| Sexual Offenses | 1,735 | 5.0% | 11.9 | 37.0 |
| Robbery | 2,022 | 5.8% | 8.6 | 28.6 |
| Violent Personal Offenses | 4,788 | 13.8% | 4.1 | 33.5 |
| Burglary | 4,530 | 13.0% | 4.6 | 31.3 |
| Theft/Forgery/Fraud | 5,283 | 15.2% | 2.1 | 35.5 |
| Drug Offenses | 10,318 | 29.7% | 2.7 | 34.3 |
| Weapons | 1,004 | 2.9% | 3.4 | 32.5 |
| Other | 4,149 | 11.9% | 2.1 | 36.5 |
| Data Unavailable = 340 *Sentence lengths of 50 years or longer, life, and death are coded as 50 years for calculations of averages. |
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