Time Served

Time served refers to the actual, calculated amount of time that elapsed from when the offender began a period of supervision to when that period of supervision is permanently terminated. It is not a historical measurement of the amount of time served by an offender nor does it constitute the amount of time served for a particular offense.

Findings:

Table 5A: Time Served (in Months) by Type of Revocation

• For the first time in five years, a time-served category other than 12-18 months represented the greatest percentage of revoked offenders. In FY2002-03, slightly more offenders revoked for a technical violation served 3-6 months (17.9%) than 12-18 months (16.9%).
• In previous years, the 3-6-month category has consistently represented the second highest number of offenders revoked for a technical violation, while offenders revoked for a new offense are somewhat more likely to serve 6-9 months than 3-6 months.

Chart 5A: Time Served (in Months) by Type of Revocation

• The point in supervision at which a revocation occurs has remained constant over time for all types of revocations.

Table 5B: Time Served (in Months) by Type of Termination

• While early and court terminations are consistently more likely to fall between 12 and 18 months, time served for normal terminations has fluctuated over time, from greater numbers in the 9-12 month or 18-24 month ranges to the greatest number in the 12-18 months range.
• FY2002-03 saw a return to the pattern found for 1998-99, with nearly 50% of offenders falling into either the 9-12 or 18-24 months category.

Chart 5B: Time Served (in Months) by Type of Termination

• After three years of fluctuation, the amount of time served for those normally terminated appears to have returned to the pattern established in FY1998-99.
• The pattern of time served for early and court terminations has repeated itself consistently since FY1998-99.

Table 5C: Time Served (in Months) by Judicial Circuit for Normal Terminations

• For FY2003-03, Miami and Jacksonville circuits show the greatest percentages of offenders serving between 0 and 6 months, while Tallahassee and Lake City circuits show the greatest percentages serving greater than 48 months.
• Over time, most normal terminations in most judicial circuits occur when the offender has served between 12 and 24 months. The notable exception to this rule is Panama City circuit, where normal terminations most often occur between 24 and 48 months.

Chart 5C: Time Served (in Months) by Judicial Circuit for Normal Terminations

• There have been only slight fluctuations over time in the amount of time an offender serves prior to a normal termination.
• There were no significant changes in FY2002-03 for any of the twenty judicial circuits.

Table 5D: Time Served (in Months) by Specialized Supervision Category for Normal Terminations

• The largest group of offenders released from Community Control in FY2002-03 served 12-24 months, a resumption of the previously established pattern, which deviated slightly in FY2001-02.
• Since FY1998-99, the amount of time served by the largest percentage of Sex Offenders has consistently been more than 48 months.
• Over the five-year period reported here, the greatest variation in the time-served category representing the largest percentage of offenders is for Drug Offender Probation, Drug Offender-PTI, regular PTI, Administrative Probation, and regular Probation. For the other categories, the distribution of offenders across time-served categories has stayed about the same.

Note: GT = greater than; LE = less than or equal to.