Monthly Status Report August 2004 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, 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. These represent the actual types of supervision imposed by the court or the Parole Commission. As of August 31, 2004:

• 150,298 offenders on Active or Active-Suspense Community Supervision
  • 144,876 serving an original sentence
  • 5,404 on Post-Prison Release
  • 18 on other types of supervision
• 715 offenders on electronic monitoring
• 223 Radio Frequency
• 462 Active Global Positioning
• 30 Passive Global Positioning
• Region II has the highest active supervised population with 44,078 offenders.
• The average Probation sentence is 3.8 years (includes life sentences).

Note: As of August 29, 2003, Circuit 7 relocated to Region II and Circuit 19 relocated to Region IV. Regional comparisons to prior reports would be inaccurate. As of May 20, 2004 the number of regions was reduced from 4 to 3. Reports for July 2004 forward will reflect those regions.

Questions pertaining to the statistics in this report or requests for additional reports should be directed to: Rhonda Sherman Bureau of Research and Data Analysis Florida Department of Corrections (850) 410-4491 sherman.rhonda@mail.dc.state.fl.us More specific information about this population is available upon request.

Community Supervision Offender Population by Type of Supervision

• Table 1: Active Community Supervision Offender Population
• Chart 1: Active Community Supervision Offender Population
• Table 2: Offenders Tracked by Electronic Monitoring
• Table 3: Total Community Supervision Offender Population
• Table 4: Total Community Supervision Offender Population by Region / Circuit
• Table 5: Active Community Supervision Offender Population, Region I
• Table 6: Active Community Supervision Offender Population, Region II
• Table 7: Active Community Supervision Offender Population, Region III

Community Supervision Offender Population by Budget Entity

• Budget Entity Supervision Grouping Defined
• Table 9: Budget Entity by Region/Circuit(Active)
• Table 10: Budget Entity by Region/Circuit(Active and Active-Suspense)
• Table 11: Community Corrections Certified Field Staff Positions
• Chart 2: Certified Field Staff Positions by Budget Entity
• Table 12: Community Supervision Active Caseload Ratios by Budget Entity
• Chart 3: Caseload Ratios by Budget Entity
• Table 13: Risk Classification for Offenders in the Probation Budget Entity
• Chart 4: Risk Classification for Offenders in the Probation Budget Entity

Community Supervision Offender Population Demographic Information

• Table 14: Active Community Supervision Offender Population Violations Pending
• Table 15: Community Supervision Offender Population Demographic Characteristics
• Table 16: Community Supervision Offender Population Offense Type by Supervision Category
• Chart 5: Distribution of Offense Categories
• Table 17: Community Supervision Offender Population Maximum Supervision Sentence by Current Supervision Category
• Chart 6: Distribution of Felony Probation & Community Control Sentence Lengths
• Table 18: Prior Commitments by Supervision Category
• Chart 7: Prior Supervision Commitments
• Table 19: Community Supervision Offender Population Sex Offenders by Supervision Category