County Detention Facilities Profile Summary

2006 Annual Report

Table of Contents

• Average Daily Population
• Incarceration Rates
• Average Percent Pretrial in 2006

List of Tables

• Table 1 - County Jail Populations Over Eight Years
• Table 2 - 2006 Average Jail Populations by Month
• Table 2A - 2006 Summary of Daily Averages for County Detention Facilities
• Table 3 - Average Daily Populations and Incarceration Rates Per 1,000 County Population
• Table 4 - Average Daily Jail Populations by Facility
• Table 5 -Average Daily Felony Pretrial Populations by Facility
• Table 6 - Average Daily Misdemeanor Pretrial Populations by Facility

List of Figures

• Figure 1 - Average County Jail Populations
• Figure 2 & 3 - Average Annual Jail Population for Adult Males and Females
• Figure 4 & 5 - Average Annual Jail Populations for Juvenile Males and Females
• Figure 6 - Average Yearly Incarceration Rates in County Jails

Average Daily Population

On the average, there were 60,240 inmates in Florida's county detention facilities during 2006. This figure represents a 4.7% increase in the inmate population from that reported for 2005. The statewide average daily population (ADP) totals for 2006 include 51,684 adult males (85.8%), 7,974 adult females (13.2%), 559 juvenile males (0.9%) and 23 juvenile females (less than 0.1%).

2006 Jail Population Recap

• 75.6% of the total inmate population was incarcerated for felony offenses, while 19.1% were detained for misdemeanor crimes. All others confined amounted to 5.2% of the total population.
• Juveniles accounted for only 582 or 1.0% of the overall inmate population, with the majority (559) being male. Most juveniles (96.9%) were charged with felonies.
• The majority (86.7% or 52,243) of those incarcerated in county detention facilities in 2006 were male.
• On average, 60.6% of offenders in county detention facilities in 2006 were pretrial.

Incarceration Rates

In 2006, the statewide county detention incarceration rate was 3.4 per 1,000 county residents based on the population estimates for 2006 (Table 2). This based on county population estimates provided by the Florida Legislature’s Office of Economic and Demographic Research. Average in¬car¬cera¬tion rates ranged from a low of 1.6 in Union County, to a high of 11.1 in Wakulla 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 2006 average pretrial percentages.)

Average Percent Pretrial in 2006