County Detention Facilities Profile Summary

1995 Annual Report

Table of Contents

• Average Daily Population
• Jail Population Recap
• Pretrial Population Levels

• Table 1 - County Jail Populations Over Six Years
• Table 1A - 1995 Average Jail Populations by Month
• Table 2 - Average Daily Populations and Incarceration Rates Per 1,000 County Population
• Table 3 - Average Montly Populations by Facility
• Table 4 - Felony Pretrial Populations by Facility
• Table 5 - Misdemeanor Pretrial Populations by Facility
• Figure 1 - Average County Jail Populations
• Figure 2 - Average Jail Populations for Adult Males
• Figure 3 - Average Jail Populations for Adult Females
• Figure 4 - Average Jail Populations for Juvenile Males
• Figure 5 - Average Jail Populations for Juvenile Females
• Figure 6 -Average Yearly Incarceration Rate In County Jails

COUNTY DETENTION FACILITIES
1995 ANNUAL REPORT

COUNTY DETENTION FACILITIES PROFILE SUMMARY 1995

Average Daily Population
On the average, there were 40,765 inmates in Florida's county detention facilities during 1995. This figure represents an 8.8% increase in the inmate population from that reported for 1994. The statewide average daily population (ADP) totals for 1995 include 35,215 adult males (86.4%), 4,450 adult females (10.9%), 1,081 juvenile males (2.6%) and 50 juvenile females (.1%). The overall distribution of male and female inmates has remained constant in county detention facilities over the past several years. The following provides an analysis of the inmate population for 1995:

1995 JAIL POPULATION RECAP

* 72.9% of the total inmate population were incarcerated for felony offenses, while 20.5% were detained for misdemeanor crimes. All others confined amounted to 6.4% of the total population.

* Juveniles accounted for only 1,101 or 2.7% of the overall inmate population, with the majority (1,051) being male. Most juveniles (97.7%) were charged with felonies.

* The majority (81.6888% or 33,266) of those incarcerated in county detention facilities in 1995 were male.

* On average, 56.4% of offenders in county detention facilities in 1995 were pretrial.

Incarceration Rates
In 1995, the statewide county detention incarceration rate was 3.1 per 1,000 county residents based on the population estimates for April 1994. Incarceration rates ranged from an average low of 0.9 in Jefferson and Union Counties, to a high of 7.2 in Taylor and Wakulla Counties. Wakulla County's high incarceration rate is the direct result of holding a large portion of their inmate population for the U. S. Marshal's Service. Other counties may also be experiencing high incarceration rates due to the contracting of bed space for state and federal inmates.

Pretrial Population Levels

(See chart below for 1995 average pretrial percentages.)