Inmate Escapes Fiscal Year Report June 1998	first | previous | 1 of 12 | next subject index
	Short-Term Trends in Inmate Escapes (July 1997 to June 1998) Escapes by Type, Security Breached, and Region Recaptures and Time to Recapture Escapes by Facility Long-Term Trends in Inmate Escapes (FY 1983-84 to FY 1997-98)

This report documents short and long term trends in inmate escapes from Florida's correctional facilities. It also documents:

• Escapes by type of facility
• Level of security breached
• Recaptures and length of time to recapture
• Escapes by facility type/region
• Escapes by individual correctional facilities
• Escape rates per 1,000 inmates

Please note recapture data is continuously updated for past escapes and facilities may change types across the fiscal years ( i.e., Ft. Myers CCC is now Ft. Myers Work Camp) thus affecting the category totals from previous reports.

Summary of Short-Term Trends:

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• There were 163 escapes in Fiscal Year 1997-98. Of these, 8 (4.9%) were from major institutions; 7(4.3%) were from work camps/road prisons; and 148 (90.8%) were from community correctional centers/contract centers.
• Of the 163 escapes, 155 (95.1%) have been recaptured. Of these 155 that were recaptured, 72 (46.5%) were recaptured within 24 hours of the escape.
• Of the 163 escapes in Fiscal Year 1997-98, 5 (3.1%) were perimeter escapes; 10 (6.1%) unarmed supervision escapes and 148 (90.8%) community supervision escapes.
• There have been no armed supervision escapes in the last fiscal year.

Long-Term Trends:

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• Escapes have declined over the last four fiscal years (FY 1994-95, 308; FY 1995-96, 276; FY 1996-97, 191 and FY 1997-98, 163).
• There have been no escapes from armed supervision in the last four fiscal years.
• The overall escape rate per 1,000 inmates has declined over the last five fiscal years (FY 1993-94, 6.05; FY 1994-95, 5.44; FY 1995-96, 4.37; FY 1996-97, 2.97; and FY 1997-98, 2.50).
• Escapes have dramatically declined from 10 years ago (FY 1987-88, 1640 to FY 1997-98, 163).

Community Supervision:

Escape from or while assigned to community correctional centers or contract centers.

Unarmed Supervision:

Escape from a non-secure facility or while assigned to work squads or as transients in which armed supervision is not used.

Armed Supervision:

Escape from or while assigned to work squads or as transients in which armed supervision is necessary.

Perimeter:

Escape initiated from inside the perimeter of a correctional facility other than a community release facility.

• Short-term trends:
  • Escapes by Type
  • Security Breached

• Types of Escapes and Recaptures
• Inmate Escapes by Region and Institution
  • Region I
  • Region II
  • Region III
  • Region IV
  • Region V
• Long-term trends:
  • Inmate Escape Rates Per 1,000 Inmates (All Facilities)
  • Inmate Escape Rates Per 1,000 Inmates (Correctional Institutions)
  • Long Term Trends in Inmate Escapes (Graphs)

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