Prior Commitments to the
Florida Department of Corrections
(Inmate Population on June 30, 2006)

Category	White Males	White Females	Black Males	Black Females	Other Males	Other Females	Total	Percent	Cumulative Percent
None	23,022	2,609	17,768	1,448	1,934	239	47,020	53.1%	53.1%
1	7,328	459	9,354	460	422	39	18,062	20.4%	73.5%
2	3,354	209	5,854	248	190	10	9,865	11.1%	84.6%
3	1,815	78	3,716	161	75	4	5,849	6.6%	91.2%
4+	1,990	65	5,476	182	55	2	7,770	8.8%	100.0%
Data Unavailable	1	2	6	1	0	0	10
TOTAL	37,510	3,422	42,174	2,500	2,676	294	88,576	100.0%	100.0%

46.9% of inmates in prison on June 30, 2006
had been in Florida prison before

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 percentage of inmates in prison on June 30 who had been in Florida prisons previously has decreased slightly over five years from 47.6% in 2002 to 46.9% in 2006.
  
  
• The percentage of inmates in prison with a prior commitment (46.9%) is slightly less than last year (47.0%).
  
  
• Of the 47,020 (53.1%) inmates in prison on June 30, 2006 who had no prior Florida prison commitments, 54.5% were white, 40.9% were black and 4.6% were other races.
  
  
• Of all inmates, 20.4% had been in prison in Florida once before, 11.1% had been in twice before, and 15.4% had been in three or more times before.
  

Percent of Inmate Population with Prior Commitments to Florida’s Prison System on June 30, 2002-2006