Facts about Florida's Detention Facilities
Estimated 56,102 average inmates in Florida's county detention facilities (both adult and juvenile facilities).
- Ave. 39,000 Men in Florida Detention Centers.
- Ave. 7,500 Women in Florida Detention Centers.
- 1.8% decrease in the inmate population from 2018.
- FDC provides academic education, career, and technical education, library services, life skills programs to incarcerated individuals.
- Racial and ethnic minorities are overrepresented in the jail population: African Americans make up nearly half (53%) of the Jail population at the Orange County Jail.