
| Characteristics | FISCAL YEAR 2001/02 | FISCAL YEAR 2002/03 | FISCAL YEAR 2003/04 | |||
| TOTAL RELEASES | 7,137 | 7,204 | 8,229 | |||
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 6,266 | 87.8% | 6,317 | 87.7% | 7,148 | 86.9% |
| Female | 871 | 12.2% | 887 | 12.3% | 1,081 | 13.1% |
| Race | ||||||
| White | 1,898 | 26.6% | 1,970 | 27.3% | 2,475 | 30.1% |
| Black | 5,102 | 71.5% | 5,110 | 70.9% | 5,600 | 68.1% |
| Other | 137 | 1.9% | 124 | 1.7% | 154 | 1.9% |
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| Hispanic | 497 | 7.0% | 511 | 7.1% | 593 | 7.2% |
| Non-Hispanic | 6,640 | 93.0% | 6,693 | 92.9% | 7,636 | 92.8% |
| Age | ||||||
| 17 & under | 7 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.0% | 4 | 0.0% |
| 18-24 | 1,294 | 18.1% | 1,363 | 18.9% | 1,521 | 18.5% |
| 25-34 | 2,429 | 34.0% | 2,413 | 33.5% | 2,849 | 34.6% |
| 35-49 | 2,962 | 41.5% | 2,941 | 40.8% | 3,249 | 39.5% |
| 50-59 | 371 | 5.2% | 423 | 5.9% | 511 | 6.2% |
| 60 + | 74 | 1.0% | 62 | 0.9% | 95 | 1.2% |
| Average Age at Release | 34.4 YEARS | 34.4 YEARS | 34.5 YEARS | |||
| Medical Grade | ||||||
| Unrestricted | 4,560 | 63.9% | 4,658 | 64.7% | 5,076 | 61.7% |
| Minimum | 2,028 | 28.4% | 2,094 | 29.1% | 2,525 | 30.7% |
| Moderate | 462 | 6.5% | 372 | 5.2% | 503 | 6.1% |
| Severe | 18 | 0.3% | 17 | 0.2% | 15 | 0.2% |
| Unknown | 69 | 1.0% | 63 | 0.9% | 110 | 1.3% |
| Psychological Grade | ||||||
| No Disorder | 6,380 | 89.4% | 6,359 | 88.3% | 7,189 | 87.4% |
| Mild Impairment | 178 | 2.5% | 201 | 2.8% | 291 | 3.5% |
| Moderate Impairment | 510 | 7.1% | 573 | 8.0% | 668 | 8.1% |
| Severe Impairment | 11 | 0.2% | 4 | 0.1% | 8 | 0.1% |
| Assigned to Care Unit | 4 | 0.1% | 7 | 0.1% | 10 | 0.1% |
| Unknown | 54 | 0.8% | 60 | 0.8% | 63 | 0.8% |
| Offense Type | ||||||
| Trafficking | 743 | 10.4% | 847 | 11.8% | 993 | 12.1% |
| Sale/Purchase/Manufacture | 4,160 | 58.3% | 4,188 | 58.1% | 4,586 | 55.7% |
| Possession | 2,234 | 31.3% | 2,169 | 30.1% | 2,650 | 32.2% |
| County of Release | ||||||
| Broward | 971 | 13.6% | 978 | 13.6% | 1,021 | 12.4% |
| Hillsborough | 656 | 9.2% | 676 | 9.4% | 729 | 8.9% |
| Dade | 501 | 7.0% | 478 | 6.6% | 545 | 6.6% |
| Pinellas | 418 | 5.9% | 440 | 6.1% | 517 | 6.3% |
| Orange | 492 | 6.9% | 515 | 7.1% | 513 | 6.2% |
| All Others | 4,099 | 57.4% | 4,117 | 57.1% | 4,904 | 59.6% |
| Average Months Served | 27.6 | 28.1 | 27.5 | |||
| Average % Sentence Served | 85.3% | 86.1% | 86.8% | |||
| Supervision | ||||||
| Yes | 1,465 | 20.5% | 1,557 | 21.6% | 1,924 | 23.4% |
| No | 5,672 | 79.5% | 5,647 | 78.4% | 6,305 | 76.6% |