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, PRCs 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, 2007

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, 2007		$40.43

Workload

Table 3A: PRC Enrollment Data by Fiscal Year

• PRC facilities began with 1,077 new enrollments in the start-up year and remained relatively constant from FY 1994-95 through FY 1999-00. Enrollments dropped to 645 in FY 2000-01 and to a low of 228 in FY 2002-03 due to the anticipated closure of PRCs. Enrollments are higher (443) in FY 2006-07 than any of the previous five (5) years.
• In FY 2006-07, (507) different offenders participated in a PRC.
• On June 30, 2007, there were 135 offenders in the program.

Table 3B: FY 2006-07 PRC Enrollment Data by Facility

• Non-Secure Programs, Inc./Orlando-PRC had the highest number of different offenders enrolled in FY 2006-07, (277).
• There were 135 offenders in PRCs on June 30, 2007.

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 (44.7%) success rate (successful exits divided by successful and unsuccessful exits) from FY 1994-95 to FY 2003-04.
• Success rates have increased from (36.8%) in FY 1994-95 to (40.0%) in FY 2003-04.
• The proportion of offenders whose final program outcome is an administrative exit has averaged (8.4%) from FY 1994-95 to FY 2003-04.

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 2004-05, the PRC program had a (55.1%) success rate (successful exits divided by successful and unsuccessful exits.)

Table 3D: FY 2006-07 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 (33.6%) for the Non-Secure Programs, Inc. – Orlando PRC to (42.3%) for Non-Secure Programs, Inc. – Pensacola PRC.
• On average, these programs had a (36.7%) success rate with offenders exiting their program during FY 2006-07. Administrative exits averaged (7.0%) 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 2004-05 (2-Year Follow-up), PRC Recommitment Data by Level of Participation

• At two (2) years past program completion, recommitment rates for PRC program completers (30.2%) are lower than for program non-completers (63.2%.)
• Prison recommitments (new offense or technical) for program completers are less than half that for non-completers (17.3% vs. 51.4%.)
• There is a slightly higher rate of return to supervision (new offense or technical) for completers (12.9%) than non-completers (11.8%.)

Table 3F: FY 2003-04 (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 noncompleters in overall recommitments (40.8% vs. 63.8%.)
• The greatest differences are for recommitment to prison (new offense or technical) for completers (23.8%) and non-completers (51.1%.)
• There is a slightly higher rate of return to supervision (new offense or technical) for completers (16.9%) than non-completers (12.7%.)