Monthly Status Report April 2001 Community Supervision Population Summary

This Monthly Status Report provides a brief profile of Florida's community supervision population. The supervision population consists of all offenders on supervision through specific court placement or other assignment to a community-based program as a condition of prison release. The overall population on the last day of the month is broken down into status types:

• Active - offender is currently supervised in the community per conditions of supervision
• Active-Suspense - offender is unavailable for direct supervision, may be incarcerated, in drug treatment, hospital, etc., during supervision term, but is still monitored by a probation officer
• Out of State-Florida offender transfers supervision to another state, the Department of Corrections continues to monitor compliance of conditions
• Absconder - offender absconds from supervision, whereabouts are unknown and court issues a warrant for violation

Supervision types are divided into Original Sentence, Post Prison Release and Other Supervision Types. As of March 31, 2001:

• 151,351 offenders on Active or Active-Suspense Community Supervision
  • 145,070 Original Sentence
  • 6,266 Post-prison Release
  • 15 Other Supervision Types
• 852 offenders on electronic monitoring
  • 361 Radio Frequency
  • 491 Global Positioning
• Region III has the highest active supervised population with 35,174 offenders
• The average Probation sentence is 3.9 years (includes life sentences)

Region III has the highest active supervised population with 35,042 offenders

The average probation sentence is 3.9 years (includes life sentences)

Questions pertaining to the statistics in this report or requests for additional reports should be directed to: Stacey Anderson Research Associate Bureau of Research and Data Analysis Florida Department of Corrections (850) 410-4488 anderson.stacey@mail.dc.state.fl.us More specific information about this population is available upon request.

Report Contents

• Active Community Supervision Offender Population Table
• Total Community Supervision Offender Population Table
• Distribution of Active Supervised Population Graph
• Offenders Tracked By Electronic Monitoring Table
• Supervision Population by Region/Circuit Table
• Community Supervision Active and Active-Suspense Offender Population by Circuit Table
• Community Supervision Active Offender Population by Circuit Table
• Violations Pending Supervision Population by Region/Circuit Table
• Offender Demographic Characteristics (Active and Active-Suspense) Table
• Offense Type by Supervision Category Table
• Distribution of Offense Categories Graph
• Supervision Sentence (in Years) By Supervision Category (Active and Active-Suspense Cases) Table
• Distribution of Felony Probation and Community Control Sentencing Graph
• Prior Commitments by Supervision Category (Active and Active-Suspense Cases) Table
• Prior Supervision Commitments Graph
• Sex Offenders by Supervision Category Table