Inmate Escapes
Fiscal Year Report
June 2001

This report provides information for the Fiscal Year (July 2000 - June 2001) of 2000-2001 in reference to attempted escapes, escapes and recaptures from Florida’s correctional facilities. This report summarizes the following:

• Attempted escapes
• Escapes by level, facility type, and facility type by region
• Recaptures and recaptures within quarter, by time to recapture, and time to recapture, by facility type
• Escape rates by region, and facility type by region
• Escapes by facility, facility type, and facility type by region
• Escapes by facility type, by month
• Escape rates by region by quarter
• Escapes FY 1989-1990 to FY 2000-2001
• Escape rates per 1,000 inmates for all facilities and for correctional institutions FY 1989-1990 to FY 2000-2001

For purposes of this report attempted escape and escape are defined as follows:

• Attempted escape: Inmate is apprehended before completion of the escape act.
• Escape: Unauthorized absence from the designated facility boundary or absence from any official assignment outside this boundary.

An escape will be further defined as one of the following levels:

• Level I: Escape from non-secure environment such as a community correctional center.
• Level II: Escape from a secure perimeter.
• Level III: Escape where inmate exhibited serious risk behavior.

A perimeter escape is defined as an escape initiated from inside the perimeter of a correctional facility other than a community release facility.

Summary

The number of escapes increased from 87 in FY 1999-00 to 97 in FY 2000-01, but is still down dramatically from past years. Of the 97 escapes in FY 2000-01, 84 (86.6%) were from work release/contract centers. Ninety-two (94.8%) of the 97 escapes were rated as a Level I escape, more commonly referred to as a 'walk-away'. There were no perimeter or Level II types of escapes for FY 2000-01 and only 4 (4.1%) were rated as Level III and exhibited any type of serious risk behavior.

The overall escape rate increased slightly from 1.25 in FY 1999-00 to 1.36 in FY 2000-01. The escape rate for correctional institutions, however, was cut in half this last fiscal year from .15 in FY 1999-00 to .07 in FY 2000-01.

Of the 97 completed escapes, 89 (91.8%) were recaptured to date of this report. Eighty-five (95.5%) of the recaptures were recaptured within the quarter in which the escape occurred and 66 (77.6%) of these recaptures were recaptured within 24 hours of the escape.

There were 8 attempted escapes from Florida's correctional facilities. Seven (87.5%) of the attempts occurred at correctional institutions, while 1 (12.5%) occurred at a work camp/ road prison.

Links to charts:

• Types of Escapes and Recaptures:
  • Escapes
  • Recaptures
• Escapes by Region/Facility
  • Region I
  • Region II
  • Region III
  • Region IV
• Inmate Escape Rates
• Inmate Escape Rates Per 1,000 Inmates
  • (All Facilities)
  • (Correctional Institutions)

Links to graphs:

• Escapes by Facility Type, by Month
• Escape Rate by Region, by Quarter
• Total Escapes