Executive Summary

Jail Beds Programs

Jail Incarceration Programs are prison diversion programs in which non-violent offenders serve up to twenty-two (22) months in a county jail as a condition of supervision, in lieu of a state prison sentence. Programs may include work release, drug treatment, work squads, or other self-improvement programs as directed by the Sheriff's office. This program is designed to serve as a final disposition to any case whose presumptive prison sentence may have been twelve (12) to twenty-two (22) months in prison.

Profiles of Jail Bed Residential Programs
On June 30, 2006

Facility	Start Date	Facility Capacity
Dixie County Jail	December, 1994	20
Hamilton County Jail	October, 1994	24
Jackson County Jail	November, 1994	36
Madison County Jail	October, 1994	24
Wakulla County Jail	August, 1994	50
TOTAL		154
Average Per Diem on June 30, 2006		$33.60

Workload

Table 4A: Jail Bed Enrollment Data by Fiscal Year

• Jail facilities began with more than four hundred (400) new enrollments in the start-up year, and dropped to approximately two hundred (200) beginning in FY 1997-98. This year’s enrollments total is two hundred twenty-two (222).
• For FY 2005-06, three hundred thirty-three (333) different offenders participated in a jail program.
• There were one hundred thirty-eight (138) offenders in the programs on June 30, 2006.

Table 4B: FY 2005-06 Jail Bed Enrollment Data by Facility

• The programs are generally small, ranging from thirty-two (32) new enrollments for Dixie County to seventy-one (71) for Jackson County.

Outcomes

Table 4C(a): Jail Bed 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, jail bed facilities had a 94.5% success rate (successful exits divided by successful and unsuccessful exits) from FY 1994-95 to FY 2002-03.
• Success rates have been at comparably high levels since the programs began in FY 1994-95 (94.4%) to (90.3%) in FY 2002-03.
• The proportion of offenders whose final program outcome is an administrative exit has dropped from 9.0% in FY 1994-95 to 2.1% in FY 2002-03.

Table 4C(b): Jail Bed Outcomes for Offenders by Fiscal Year

• This table shows outcomes based on a two (2) year follow-up after the offender first entered a jail bed program. For FY 2003-04, the jail bed program had a 93.2% success rate (successful exits divided by successful and unsuccessful exits).

Table 4D: FY 2005-06 Jail Bed Exit Data (Event-Based) by Facility

• Looking at the outcome of the offenders’ experiences in each program they exited, the success rate varies from 80.9% for Wakulla County to 100.0% for Madison County.
• On average, these programs had a 92.5% success rate with offenders exiting their program during this fiscal year. Administrative exits averaged 7.8% for the year.

Recommitments

Table 4E: FY 2003-04 (2-Year Follow-up), Jail Bed Recommitment Data by Level of Participation

• At two (2) years past program completion, recommitment rates for jail bed program completers (34.0%) are substantially lower than for program non-completers (74.1%).
• Recommitments to supervision (for new offense or technical violation) are slightly higher for non-completers than completers (17.0% vs. 11.1%).
• Admissions/Returns to prison for a new offense or technical violation for program completers are far less than that for non-completers (17.0% vs. 63.0%).

Table 4F: FY 2002-03 (3-Year Follow-up), Jail Bed Recommitment Data by Level of Participation

• For a three (3) year follow-up period, jail program completers remain much lower than non-completers in overall recommitments (45.8% vs. 78.3%).
• Recommitments to prison (for new offense or technical violation) are much lower for completers than non-completers (29.6% vs. 73.9%).