Personnel and Budget

DC Staff on 12/31/02:

• There are 24,053 regular employees and 389 OPS staff that make up the department’s total staff.
• The average employee is 41 years old and has been with the agency for nine years.
• Gender: 41% of corrections staff are female and 59% are male.

Employee Retention Rates

	1 Year	2 Year	3 Year
CO Series	68%	54%	47%
CPO Series	80%	65%	60%
Other	68%	47%	41%

Years of Service with State of Florida

Less than one year	7.5%
1 to less than 5 years	19.8%
5 to less than 10 years	29.1%
10 to less than 20 years	32.5%
20 to less than 30 years	9.9%
Greater than 30 years	1.2%

Employee Separations in 2002

Voluntary	1,985
Involuntary	535
Retired	418
Death	34
Other Separations	9
Total for calendar year 2002	2,981

Inmate Per Diem

It costs $48.15 a day ($17,575 a year) to care for and supervise an inmate in a major Florida prison, and $48.13 a day ($17,567 a year) to do so in any Florida prison facility, including work camps and work release centers.

FY 01-02 Inmate Cost Per Day:
$48.15 or $17,575 yr.(Major Institutions)