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Rick Scott, Governor
Florida Department of Corrections
Michael D. Crews, Secretary
Inmate Population
General Characteristics of Population
| Category | June 30, 2008 | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Population | 98,192 | 100.0% |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 91,304 | 93.0% |
| Female | 6,888 | 7.0% |
| Race | ||
| White | 45,514 | 46.4% |
| Black | 48,918 | 49.8% |
| Other | 3,760 | 3.8% |
| Current Age | ||
| 17 & Under | 302 | 0.3% |
| 18-24 | 14,281 | 14.5% |
| 25-34 | 30,568 | 31.1% |
| 35-49 | 38,898 | 39.6% |
| 50-59 | 10,946 | 11.2% |
| 60+ | 3,197 | 3.3% |
| Prior DC Prison Commitments | ||
| 0 | 52,733 | 53.7% |
| 1 | 19,902 | 20.3% |
| 2 | 10,796 | 11.0% |
| 3 | 6,279 | 6.4% |
| 4+ | 8,474 | 8.6% |
| Data Unavailable | 8 | |
Note: Due to rounding, percentages may not add up to 100%.
Primary Offense |
| Data unavailable = 66 |
| * 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 exists that individual criminal acts could have resulted in unintended physical harm or the threat of physical harm. |
| Prison Population on June 30 Compared Over Five Years  |
| Type of Offense | Number | Percent | Average Sentence Length In Years* | Average Age at Offense |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murder, Manslaughter | 12,296 | 12.5% | 35.7 | 27.8 |
| Sexual Offenses | 10,442 | 10.6% | 22.1 | 32.4 |
| Robbery | 11,755 | 12.0% | 19.4 | 26.4 |
| Violent Personal Offenses | 12,020 | 12.3% | 10.8 | 30.3 |
| Burglary | 14,073 | 14.3% | 12.1 | 29.5 |
| Theft/Forgery/Fraud | 8,042 | 8.2% | 4.7 | 33.9 |
| Drug Offenses | 20,071 | 20.5% | 5.9 | 32.6 |
| Weapons | 2,908 | 3.0% | 7.8 | 30.1 |
| Other | 6,519 | 6.6% | 4.7 | 34.7 |
| * Sentence lengths of 50 years or longer, life, and death are coded as 50 years for calculations of averages. | ||||
