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, 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, other such services to promote personal responsibility, self-improvement and public safety.

Profiles of Probation and Restitution Centers
On June 30, 2009

Facility	Status	Number of Contracted Beds Funded
Jacksonville PRC – The Salvation Army	Active	20
Pensacola PRC -Non-Secure Programs, Inc.	Opened January 1, 2003	33
Orlando PRC -Westcare Florida, Inc. (Original Vendor) Non-Secure Programs, Inc. (Current Vendor)	Opened January 1, 2003 Assignment June 20, 2003	65
TOTAL		118
Average Per Diem on June 30, 2009		$42.77*
*This average is based upon the 118 funded beds, not total contracted beds.

Workload

Table 3A: PRC Enrollment Data by Fiscal Year

• PRC facilities had 1,171 new enrollments in 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 slightly lower in FY 2008-09 (448) than the previous year, FY 2007-08 (456) which was the highest in the last eight (8) years.
• In FY 2008-09, (502) different offenders participated in a PRC.
• On June 30, 2009, there were 119 offenders in the program.

Table 3B: FY 2008-09 PRC Enrollment Data by Facility

• Non-Secure Programs, Inc./Orlando-PRC had the highest number of different offenders enrolled in FY 2008-09, (255).
• There were 119 offenders in PRCs on June 30, 2009.

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 (46.1%) success rate (successful exits divided by successful and unsuccessful exits) from FY 1996-97 to FY 2005-06.
• Success rates have dropped from (54.7%) in FY 2004-05 to (42.1%) in FY 2005-06.
• The proportion of offenders whose final program outcome is an administrative exit has averaged (9.4%) from FY 1996-97 to FY 2005-06.

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 2006-07, the PRC program had a (36.6%) success rate (successful exits divided by successful and unsuccessful exits).

Table 3D: FY 2008-09 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 (26.2%) for the Salvation Army - Jacksonville,  to (34.4%) for Non-Secure Programs, Inc. – Pensacola PRC.
• On average, these programs had a (31.5%) success rate with offenders exiting their program during FY 2008-09.  Administrative exits averaged (17.6%) 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 2006-07 (2-Year Follow-up), PRC Recommitment Data by Level of Participation

• At two (2) years past program completion, recommitment rates for PRC program completers (27.4%) are lower than for program non-completers (69.7%).
• Prison recommitments (new offense or technical) for program completers are less than half that for non-completers (21.9% vs. 63.9%).
• There is a slightly lower rate of return to supervision (new offense or technical) for completers (5.5%) than non-completers (12.3%).

Table 3F: FY 2005-06 (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 (50.0% vs. 74.9%).
• The greatest differences are for recommitment to prison (new offense or technical) for completers (33.6%) and non-completers (63.3%).
• There is a slightly higher rate of return to supervision (new offense or technical) for completers (16.4%) than non-completers (11.6%).