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Inmate population and crime statistics highlights

Inmate population

• The 2000 daily inmate population decreased by 104 inmates to 1,348. The highest yearly Average Daily Population (ADP) ever recorded was last year at 1,452.
• In 2000, admissions and releases reached record highs of 27,416 and 26,579 respectively.
• Cumulatively, the jail has experienced an average annual growth rate of 5.2 percent since 1982.
• During 2000, jail occupancy was 90 percent of its rated capacity of 1,494. This is 7 percent lower than the 1999 occupancy rate.
• The lowest ADP recorded during 2000 occurred on December 25, when it was 1,191; the highest ADP in 2000 occurred on January 24, when it reached 1,473.
• The jail's population did not exceeded its authorized cap of 1,494 in 2000.
• In contrast to the National trends, Volusia County's ADP in 2000 decreased by 7.2 percent. Several factors that led to the decrease in the 2000 ADP, the most important of which was the cooperation between Volusia County Corrections and the other criminal justice agencies the judiciary, law enforcement, State's Attorney, and defense attorneys. This collaborative effort by the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council helped expedite case processing of individuals incarcerated, particularly those charged with Violation of Probation. As a result, an inmate's average length of stay was reduced, thereby freeing up jail beds.
• In the past, even modest increases in length of stay (or lag in bed turnover), put Volusia County in crowding situations as witnessed in 1999, when the average daily inmate population recorded a 6.8% jump over 1998.

Per capita incarceration rates

Average daily inmate cost

Offense type at admission
Trends in twelve most common offense charged at admission 1997-00

• The number of traffic offenses increased from 7,154 in 1999 to 7,794 in 2000.
• Slightly more that 50 percent of all admissions are for one of three most common offenses: traffic, assault, or drugs.
• 89 percent of all admissions are for one of the twelve most common offenses listed in the offense table shown.

Gender at admission

Proportionate distribution of males to females booked for selected offenses, 2000.

• In 1990, 14 percent of all bookings were females. By 2000, the proportion of all female admissions had risen to 18.8 percent this represented a 34.3 Percent increase over the 1990 level.
• Four of every five persons booked was male.
• One in five bookings for drugs was a female.
• In terms of proportion of bookings per offense, males exceeded females for every offense category except commercial sex offenses.
• Among the most common offenses, female representation is proportionately higher than males in categories such as fraud and larceny. For example, 40.5 percent of fraud and 28.5 percent of larceny bookings were females. On the other hand, male bookings outnumber females by about four to one for crimes such as assault and dangerous drugs.
• More than 9 out of 10 persons admitted form homicide were male.

Inmate population characteristics

Daily offense classification for inmates 2000

• The average daily population consisted of 73.3 percent felons versus 22.3 percent misdemeanants during 2000.
• Under the "Other" classification, 5.4 percent of all inmates were sentenced and also had either an open felony or misdemeanor charge pending before the court. Under "other" only a small percentage of the ADP, or 0.5 percent, were classified as juveniles.
• 8.6 percent of the ADP were Florida State prisoners awaiting transport to prison and prisoners returned from state prison by court order for various judicial reasons.

Age statistics

Age and gender of persons booked in 2000

• Almost 60 percent of all individuals admitted to custody were under 35 years of age.
• The average age of persons booked into Volusia County facilities is around 32 years of age.
• There has been a subtle shift upwards in the typical age of local jail inmates. The average ages of male and female offenders admitted to custody for a representative grouping of earlier years are: 1988 (28.6 male, 28.7 female), 1990 (29.5 male, 29.0 female), 1996 (31.1 male, 31.0 female), 1998 (32.3 male, 31.7 female) and 2000 (32.3 male, 32.7 female).
• Across the nation social institutions, including corrections, are confronting the "graying of America." Volusia County is no different. In the past ten years both the number and proportion of persons admitted to custody who were 45 years and older has grown almost exponentially. In 1988, 6 percent of male admits and 4.1 percent of female admits were 45 years or older. By 1994 these proportions had increased to 9.1 percent of male admits and 6.2 percent of female admits. By 2000 the proportions stood at 14.1 percent and 10.2 percent male and female admits, respectively.

Residence at admission

Residents and non-residents booked in 2000

• Every year since 1996, about two-thirds of all persons booked were Volusia County residents. Volusia County residents, or "locals", booked into custody reached lows in 1993 (57 percent) and 1994 (58 percent).
• Over the past six years there has been only minor changes in the proportion of persons booked who were from other Florida counties or other states.
• Out-of-state bookings have remained virtually unchanged during the period 1995-2000.

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