Executive Summary

Probation and Restitution Centers

Probation and Restitution Centers are community-based residential programs for selected offenders under Department supervision, and recently released inmates. The program consists of a four (4) to six (6) month Residential Program Phase (Phase I) followed by a three (3) to six (6) month extended Support and Follow-up Services Phase (Phase II) during which participants reside within the community. The PRC offers a sentencing alternative to the courts while providing a resource for participants who experience difficulty meeting their court-imposed financial obligations to victims, the Courts, and the Department. Additionally, PRC's provide transitional assistance to newly released inmates during their re-entry into the community. The program provides a continuum of services that offer at a minimum employability, job placement and budgeting skills development and assistance; vocational and educational training through linkages to community-based employers and providers; substance abuse services; transitional housing; support services to facilitate successful participation in the community; and, other such services to promote personal responsibility, self-improvement and public safety.

Profiles of Probation and Restitution Centers
On June 30, 2006

Facility	Status	Facility Capacity
Jacksonville PRC – The Salvation Army	Active	25
Pensacola PRC - Non-Secure Programs, Inc.	Opened January 1, 2003	40
Orlando PRC - Westcare Florida, Inc. (Original Vendor) Non-Secure Programs, Inc. (Current Vendor)	Opened January 1, 2003 Assignment June 20, 2003	80
TOTAL		145
Average Per Diem on June 30, 2006		$38.45

Workload

Table 3A: PRC Enrollment Data by Fiscal Year

• PRC facilities began with one thousand seventy-seven (1,077) new enrollments in the start-up year and remained relatively constant from FY 1994-95 through FY 1999-00. Enrollments dropped to six hundred forty-five (645) in FY 2000-01 and to two hundred twenty-eight (228) in 2002-03, due to the anticipated closure of PRCs. Enrollments increased slightly in FY 2003-04 to 363. Enrollments dipped slightly in 2004-05 to 275, returning to three hundred sixty-four (364) in 2005-06.
• For FY 2005-06, four hundred nineteen (419) different offenders participated in a PRC.
• On June 30, 2006, there were one hundred thirty-one (131) offenders in the program.

Table 3B: FY 2005-06 PRC Enrollment Data by Facility

• Nonsecure Programs/Pensacola-PRC had one hundred twelve (112) new enrollments in their third full year of operation.
• Non-Secure Programs, Inc./Orlando-PRC had the highest number of different offenders enrolled in 2005-06 (246).

Outcomes

Table 3C(a): PRC Outcomes for Offenders by Fiscal Year

• This table shows outcomes based on a three (3) year follow-up after the offender first entered a program of this type. They are counted as successful if they completed at least one (1) program, regardless of the number of programs they participated in.
• On average, PRCs had a 44.9% success rate (successful exits divided by successful and unsuccessful exits) from FY 1994-95 to FY 2002-03.
• Success rates have decreased from 36.8% in FY 1994-95 to 28.3% in FY 2002-03.
• The proportion of offenders whose final program outcome is an administrative exit has averaged 8.3% from FY 1994-95 to FY 2002-03.

Table 3C(b): PRC Outcomes for Offenders by Fiscal Year

• This table shows outcomes based on a two (2) year follow-up after the offender first entered a PRC. For FY 2003-04, the PRC program had a 41.7 success rate (successful exits divided by successful and unsuccessful exits).

Table 3D: FY 2005-06 PRC Exit Data (Event-Based) by Facility

• Reviewing the outcome of the offender’s experience in each program from which they exited, the success rate varies from 35.9% for the Non-Secure Programs, Inc. – Orlando PRC to 45.2% for Non-Secure Programs, Inc. – Pensacola PRC.
• On average, these programs had a 39.3% success rate with offenders exiting their program during FY 2005-06. Administrative exits averaged 6.2% for the year. As seen in the prior table, many of these administrative exits lead to subsequent enrollments in other programs.

Recommitments

Table 3E: FY 2003-04 (2-Year Follow-up), PRC Recommitment Data by Level of Participation

• At two (2) years past program completion, recommitment rates for PRC program completers (33.8%) are lower than for program non-completers (59.0%).
• Prison recommitments (new offense or technical) for program completers are less than half that for non-completers (18.5% vs. 44.5%).
• There is a higher rate of return to supervision (new offense or technical) for completers (15.4%) than non-completers (14.4%).

Table 3F: FY 2002-03 (3-Year Follow-up), PRC Recommitment Data by Level of Participation

• For a three (3) year follow-up period, PRC program completers remain lower than non-completers in overall recommitments (47.4% vs. 68.3%).
• The greatest differences are for recommitment to prison (new offense or technical) for completers (19.3%) and non-completers (46.0%).
• There is a slightly higher rate of return to supervision (new offense or technical) for completers (28.1%) than non-completers (22.4%).