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Rick Scott, Governor
Florida Department of Corrections
Michael D. Crews, Secretary
Inmate Population
General Characteristics of
June 30, 2006 Prison Population
| Category | June 30, 2006 | |
|---|---|---|
| Inmates in Prison 6/30/06 | 88,576 | 100.0% |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 82,360 | 93.0% |
| Female | 6,216 | 7.0% |
| Race | ||
| White | 40,932 | 46.2% |
| Black | 44,674 | 50.4% |
| Other | 2,970 | 3.4% |
| Current Age | ||
| 17 & Under | 221 | 0.3% |
| 18-24 | 12,874 | 14.5% |
| 25-34 | 27,965 | 31.6% |
| 35-49 | 36,337 | 41.0% |
| 50-59 | 8,727 | 9.9% |
| 60+ | 2,451 | 2.8% |
| Data Unavailable | 1 | |
| Prior DC Prison Commitments | ||
| 0 | 47,020 | 53.1% |
| 1 | 18,062 | 20.4% |
| 2 | 9,865 | 11.1% |
| 3 | 5,849 | 6.6% |
| 4+ | 7,770 | 8.8% |
| Data Unavailable | 10 | |
Note: Due to rounding, percentages may not add up to 100%.
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Primary Offense of Prison Population  |
| * 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. |
| Prison Population on June 30 Over Five Years  |
| Type of Offense | Number | Percent | Average Sentence Length In Years* | Average Age at Offense |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murder, Manslaughter | 11,370 | 12.8% | 35.9 | 27.8 |
| Sexual offenses | 9,765 | 11.0% | 21.7 | 32.2 |
| Robbery | 10,614 | 12.0% | 19.9 | 26.4 |
| Violent Personal offenses | 10,843 | 12.3% | 10.8 | 30.2 |
| Burglary | 12,864 | 14.5% | 12.2 | 29.2 |
| Theft/Forgery/Fraud | 7,375 | 8.3% | 4.8 | 33.1 |
| Drug offenses | 17,886 | 20.2% | 5.9 | 32.1 |
| Weapons | 2,365 | 2.7% | 8.1 | 30.7 |
| Other | 5,456 | 6.2% | 4.7 | 33.8 |
| * Sentence lengths of 50 years or longer, life, and death are coded as 50 years for calculations of averages. | ||||
