Prison Releases from Florida Correctional Facilities Fiscal Year Report 2005-2006

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 2005-2006, offenders numbering 33,348 were released from Florida’s prisons. The majority of these releases, 21,336 (64.0%), were released by expiration of their sentence; followed by conditional release, 5,326 (16.0%); and expiration of sentence to probation/ community control, 4,658 (14.0%). In June 2006 offenders released from Florida’s prisons were serving an average of 85.5% 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 2006 2,703 (91.0%) 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 2005-06 were black, 16,343 (49.0%) and male, 29,808 (89.4%). The largest proportion of releases were between the ages of 35-49, 13,457 (40.4%) and were violent offenders, 9,929 (29.8%). Hillsborough county received the largest number of prison releases, 2,722 (8.2%) followed by Broward, 2,507 (7.5%), Dade, 2,353 (7.1%) and Orange, 1,861 (5.6%). The average time-served for all offenders released in Fiscal Year 2005-06 was 37.2 months or 85.5% of their court-imposed sentence. Violent offenders served an average of 52.6 months or 82.7% of their court-imposed sentence.

Table of Contents:

5A.-9B. Special Offender Releases