Prison Releases from Florida Correctional Facilities Fiscal Year Report 2004-2005

Executive Summary

This report documents permanent releases from Florida's prisons. For a detailed definition of a permanent release, please see Appendix at the end of the report.

Overview

In Fiscal Year 2004-05 31,537 offenders were released from Florida's prisons. The majority of these releases, 19,839 (62.9%), were released by expiration of their sentence; followed by conditional release 5,200 (16.5%); and expiration of sentence to probation/community control, 4,767 (15.1%). In June 2005 offenders released from Florida's prisons were serving an average of 85.7% of their court-imposed sentence. It should be noted that offenders with offense dates on or after October 1, 1995 are required to serve a minimum of 85% of their court-imposed sentence prior to their release. In June 2005 2,399 (89.0%) of the inmate releases had all or part of their sentence fall under the 85% law.

Profile of a Release

The majority of offenders released from Florida's prisons in Fiscal Year 2004-05 were black, 16,059 (50.9%) and male, 28,301 (89.7%). The largest proportion of releases were between the ages of 35-49, 12,863 (40.8%) and were violent offenders, 9,898 (31.4%). Hillsborough county received the largest number of prison releases, 2,549 (8.1%) followed by Broward, 2,503 (7.9%), Dade, 2,323 (7.4%) and Orange, 1,894 (6.0%). The average time-served for all offenders released in Fiscal Year 2004-05 was 36.2 months or 85.5% of their court-imposed sentence. Violent offenders served an average of 52.4 months or 82.7% of their court-imposed sentence.

Table of Contents:

5A.-9B. Special Offender Releases