Monthly Status Report May 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 May 31, 2001:

• 151,684 offenders on Active or Active-Suspense Community Supervision
  • 145,435 Original Sentence
  • 6,233 Post-prison Release
  • 16 Other Supervision Types
• 921 offenders on electronic monitoring
  • 363 Radio Frequency
  • 558 Global Positioning
• Region III has the highest active supervised population with 35,161 offenders
• The average Probation sentence is 3.9 years (includes life sentences)

• 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