Personnel and Budget

DC Staff on 9/30/03:

• There are 24,850 regular employees and 344 OPS staff that make up the department's total staff.
• The average employee is 41 years old and has been with the agency for eight years.
• Gender: 40% of corrections staff are female and 60% are male.

Employee Retention Rates

	1 Year	2 Year	3 Year
CO Series	68%	55%	46%
CPO Series	78%	67%	61%
Other	67%	51%	42%

Years of Service with State of Florida

Less than one year	11.7%
1 to less than 5 years	18.8%
5 to less than 10 years	26.8%
10 to less than 20 years	32.1%
20 to less than 30 years	9.4%
30 years or more	1.3%

Employee Separations for past 12 months

Voluntary	1,958
Involuntary	672
Retired	661
Death	39
Other Separations	43
Total Separations for Previous 12 months	3,373

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 per year
(Major Institutions)