Facts about Time Served...

• In the last month of the fiscal year (June 2011), offenders released from Florida's prisons were serving an average of 86.2% of their court-imposed sentences. (Offenders with offense dates on or after October 1, 1995 are required to serve a minimum of 85% of their court-imposed sentence prior to their release).
  
  
• The average percentage of sentence served for released offenders with a violent offense was 84.9% in June 2011.
  
  
• The average percentage of sentence served for released offenders has increased slightly in the last five years, from 85.5% in June 2005 to 86.2% in June 2011.

Release From Prison By Type of Offense (Total = 35,549)
	Months Served	Served*
Murder, Manslaughter	122.7	77.2
Sexual Offenses	70.6	79.4
Robery	65.2	86.7
Violent Personal Offenses	36.1	86.7
Burglary	39.5	86.6
Theft/Forgery/Fraud	24.4	86.3
Drug Offenses	30.1	86.6
Weapons	33.7	89.5
Other	25.8	86.2
Total	37.3	86.2
* Including County Jail Time Served

Average Percentage of Sentence Served Compared Over Five Years