County Detention Facilities Profile Summary

2003 Annual Report

• Average Daily Population
• Incarceration Rates
• Average Percent Pretrial in 2003

• Table 1 - County Jail Populations Over Eight Years
• Figure 1 - Average County Jail Populations
• Table 1A - 2003 Average Jail Populations by Month
• Table 2 - Average Daily Populations and Incarceration Rates Per 1,000 County Population
• Table 3 - Average Monthly Populations by Facility
• Table 4 - Felony Pretrial Populations by Facility
• Table 5 - Misdemeanor Pretrial Populations by Facility
• 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 Rates in County Jails

Average Daily Population

On the average, there were 55,042 inmates in Florida's county detention facilities during 2003. This figure represents a 2.9% increase in the inmate population from that reported for 2002. The statewide average daily population (ADP) totals for 2003 include 47,410 adult males (86.1%), 7,041 adult females (12.8%), 569 juvenile males (1.0%) and 22 juvenile females (0.0%). 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 2003:

2003 Jail Population Recap

• 73.8% of the total inmate population was incarcerated for felony offenses, while 20.0% were detained for misdemeanor crimes. All others confined amounted to 6.2% of the total population.
• Juveniles accounted for only 591 or 1.1% of the overall inmate population, with the majority (569) being male. Most juveniles (97.0%) were charged with felonies.
• The majority (87.2% or 47,979) of those incarcerated in county detention facilities in 2003 were male.
• On average, 56.8% of offenders in county detention facilities in 2003 were pretrial.

Incarceration Rates

In 2003, the statewide county detention incarceration rate was 3.3 per 1,000 county residents based on the population estimates for 2002 (Table 2). Average incarceration rates ranged from a low of 1.8 in Union County, to a high of 8.9 in Franklin County. 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 2003 average pretrial percentages.)

Average Percent Pretrial in 2003