Corrections Annual Report - Volusia County Government

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V OLUSI A COUNTY DIVISION OF CORRE CTIONSP AG E 5Division staff workforce and staff ratioIn 2011, the Division’s workforce had 359 budgeted positions. Of those, 276 weresworn certified correctional officers, 77 were civilians, and 6 correctional officertrainees. Volusia County employed one correctional officer for every 5.1 inmatesincarcerated, which is based on the 2011 calendar year ADP of 1,400.Officers are required to complete 420 hours of training at a certifiedCriminal Justice Training Center. One of the requirements is that officersare proficient in the use of firearms.There were 5.1inmates for eachCorrectionalOfficer employedin Volusia County.Strategic Reserve Team (SRT)Corrections Officers volunteer to participate on the Strategic ReserveTeam which is activated during public emergencies, such as hurricanesand wild fires. In this photo, the SRT officers are working a fire cleanup,assisted by an inmate crew.2011 ANNUAL REPORT
P AG E 6V OLUSI A COUNTY DIVISION OF CORRE CTIONSVolusia County Jail’s inmate population (ADP)The average daily population(ADP) in 2011 was 1,400. Thisrepresented a increase of 2.3percent. The increase is due, inpart, because the ADP has been indecline for several years. In 2011, theADP made a “correction” to typicalhistorical levels. However, recent trendsshow that the Volusia County jail ADPhas decreased, on the average, 1.9percent annually since 2006. Thisdecline in the ADP “mirrors” most jailsstate and nationwide.For 2011, the lowest ADP was recordedDecember 25, when it was 1,235; theFigure 3. Calendar ADP 2006 to 20111500100050001536 15321383 1385 1369 14002006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011highest ADP occurred on November 1,when it reached 1,506. The historicalrecord high ADP occurred on October7, 2004 when it was 1,799.In Volusia County the proportion of theADP who were male was 85.2 percentand 14.8 percent were females.In Florida's jails, the proportion ofmales and females are nearly identicalto Volusia County. State data showsmales were 85.7 percent, whilefemales were 14.3 percent.3002001000Figure 4. Female ADP 2006 to 2011262250 2582172022006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011223YearTable 1. Calendar ADP1998–2011Per capitaincarcerationrates aADPAnnualpercentchange1998 3.3 1,360 -2.11999 3.5 1,452 6.82000 3.2 1,348 -7.22001 3.0 1,311 -2.82002 3.0 1,344 2.52003 3.1 1,417 5.42004 3.3 1,531 8.02005 3.2 1,575 2.92006 3.0 1,536 -2.52007 3.0 1,532 -0.32008 2.7 1,383 -9.72009 2.7 1,385 02010 2.7 1,369 -1.22011 2.8 1,400 2.3aNumber of people incarcerated per 1,000 residents.Higher numbers indicate a larger proportion of countyresidents are incarcerated in proportion to thegeneral population.National inmate population growth trends(Source: Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 2011, Bureau of Justice Statistics)The U.S. jail inmate populationdeclined for a third consecutiveyear, the Justice Department’sBureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)announced today. From June 2010 to June2011, the jail inmate population declined 1.8percent, dropping to 735,601 from 748,728.In midyear 2011, the jail incarceration ratedropped to the lowest level since 2002. Jailsconfined 236 inmates per 100,000 U.S.residents in June 2011, down from 238inmates per 100,000 in June 2003.Jails were operating at 84 percent of theirrated capacity at midyear 2011, the lowestpercentage since 1984. The totalrated capacity for all jailsnationwide reached 877,302 bedsat midyear 2011, up from 866,782beds at midyear 2010, about a 1percent increase in the number ofbeds..The decline in confined populationin the largest jails—those with anaverage daily population of morethan 1,000 inmates—accounted formore than half (53 percent) of thetotal decline of 13,127 inmates thatoccurred during 2011.In 2011, the ADP in local U.S. jails decreased 1.4percent. In Florida, the decrease was 6 percent.800,000750,000700,000650,000600,000Figure 5. U.S. jail's ADP 2000-2011Statewide inmate population growth trends(Source: 2011 County Detention Facilities, Florida Department of Corrections)65,000Figure 6. Florida's jail's ADP 2000-2011In 2011, the ADP for Florida countyjails was 51,931, down from 55,275 in2010, a decrease of 6.0 percent.Since 2008, Florida's grand-total jailpopulation has fallen 18.4%.The incarceration rate per 1,000 residents inFlorida was 3.0 meaning three out of every1,000 people in Florida wasincarcerated.In comparison, the Volusiacounty detention incarcerationrate was 2.8.60,00055,00050,00045,0002011 ANNUAL REPORT
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