Florida County Detention Facilities' Average Inmate Population Inmate Profile Summary

This County Detention Facilities Summary provides an annual profile of Florida's detention facility inmate populations. Monthly Average Daily Population (ADP) figures include male, female, adult and juvenile inmates. The information in this report was collected by the Department of Corrections from the individual institutions as mandated by F.S. 951.23(2).

Table 1 illustrates county jail populations over an eight-year period (1999 - 2006). The 2006 population figures are arranged into felony, misdemeanor and "other" subcategories in Table 2 and Table 2A. "Other" includes the number of parole violators, state inmates, undocumented aliens, holdings for other jurisdictions and individuals detained under the Baker (mental health) and Myers (alcoholism) Acts. Within both felony and misdemeanor subcategories, the number of inmates sentenced, held for trial or sentencing, and those detained or sentenced for violation of probation are listed. Table 3 features the average 2006 populations at county jails and average incarceration rates by county. Table 4 lists average 2006 populations by facility. Table 5 shows the average 2006 felony pretrial population by facility and month. Table 6 shows the average 2006 misdemeanor pretrial population by facility and month.

The charts that follow illustrate eight year trends in county jail facilities

Miscellaneous Information

Non-Reporting Facilities

Due to varying circumstances, several facilities did not report at various times during the year and, therefore, are not included in the statewide totals. These need to be taken into consideration when referring to the numbers presented in this report. The following is a list of facilities, by month, which did not turn in a report during 2006. The number in parenthesis next to the month indicates the number of facilities that did not report in that month.

JANUARY (6)
Gulf County Jail, Orange County Jail, Pinellas County Jail, St. Lucie County Jail, Sarasota County Jail, and Sumter County Jail

FEBRUARY (6)
DeSoto County Jail, Orange County Jail, Pinellas County Jail, Putnam County Jail, St. Lucie County Jail, and Sumter County Jail

MARCH (5)
Dixie County Jail, Lafayette County Jail, Pinellas County Jail, St. Lucie County Jail, and Sumter County Jail

APRIL (1)
Sarasota County Jail

MAY (4)
Dixie County Jail, Hendry County Jail, Sarasota County Jail, and St. Lucie County Jail

JUNE (4)
Dixie County Jail, Highlands County Jail, Leon County Jail, and Sarasota County Jail

JULY (8)
DeSoto County Jail, Dixie County Jail, Highlands County Jail, Lake County Jail, Leon County Jail, Liberty County Jail, St. Johns County Jail, and Sarasota County Jail.

AUGUST (3)
Duval County Jail, Highlands County Jail, and Liberty County Jail

SEPTEMBER (4)
Columbia County Jail, Flagler County Jail, St. Lucie County Jail, and Taylor County Jail

OCTOBER* (9)
Baker County Jail, Bradford County Jail, Columbia County Jail, Dixie County Jail, Hernando County Jail, Liberty County Jail, Palm Beach County Annex, Sarasota County Jail, and Volusia County Jail

NOVEMBER (5)
Bradford County Jail, Columbia County Jail, Dixie County Jail, Liberty County Jail, and St. Lucie County Jail

DECEMBER* (10)
Alachua CSO, Bradford County Jail, Columbia County Jail, Dixie County Jail, Escambia County Jail, Gadsden County Jail, Liberty County Jail, St. Lucie County Jail, Sarasota County Jail, and Walton County Jail

*Please note: The following months have a relatively large number of facilities not reporting. The exclusion of these facilities in the statewide totals has a significant impact. Therefore, for these months, the statewide totals are not true representations of the jail activity in Florida.

DC Rated Capacity Information

In reports prior to July 1997, information was listed regarding the Department of Correction’s (DC’s) rated capacity of each county detention facility. However, as of July 1, 1997, the Department of Corrections was no longer legislatively required to establish and monitor this information.

Questions pertaining to the statistics in this report or about the mailing list or report submission should be directed to the Florida Department of Corrections' (DC's) Bureau of Research and Data Analysis at (850) 488-1801.