Monthly Status Report October 2005 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 September 30, 2005:

• 144,522 offenders on Active or Active-Suspense Community Supervision
  • 139,147 serving an original sentence
  • 5,351 on Post-Prison Release
  • 24 on other types of supervision
• 792 offenders on electronic monitoring
  • 219 Radio Frequency
  • 547 Active Global Positioning
  • 26 Passive Global Positioning
• Region II has the highest active supervised population with 43,335 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 reflect those regions. Regional comparisons to prior reports would be inaccurate.

Questions pertaining to the statistics in this report or requests for additional reports should be directed to: Research Manager Bureau of Research and Data Analysis Florida Department of Corrections (850) 488-1801 dcresearch@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 8: Budget Entity by Region/Circuit (Active)
• Table 9: Budget Entity by Region/Circuit (Active and Active-Suspense)
• Table 10: Community Corrections Certified Field Staff Positions
• Chart 2: Certified Field Staff Positions by Budget Entity
• Table 11: Community Supervision Active Caseload Ratios by Budget Entity
• Chart 3: Caseload Ratios by Budget Entity
• Table 12: 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 13: Active Community Supervision Offender Population Violations Pending
• Table 14: Community Supervision Offender Population Demographic Characteristics
• Table 15: Community Supervision Offender Population Offense Type by Supervision Category
• Chart 5: Distribution of Offense Categories
• Table 16: Community Supervision Offender Population Maximum Supervision Sentence by Current Supervision Category
• Chart 6: Distribution of Felony Probation & Community Control Sentence Lengths
• Table 17: Prior Commitments by Supervision Category
• Chart 7: Prior Supervision Commitments
• Table 18: Community Supervision Offender Population Sex Offenders by Supervision Category