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County detention facilitiesFla. Stat. § 951.22

Criminal sentencing outcomes across 66 Florida counties, 5,935 charges recorded, 2018–2026.

What Fla. Stat. § 951.22 covers

Chapter 951 of the Florida Statutes — County and Municipal Prisoners. A single statute can span several offences at different degrees, and the figures on this page pool every degree. No single rate here is the rate for any one degree.

How often did this charge end in state prison, by county?

Sorted alphabetically, never worst-first. Every rate below has one denominator and it is stated in the column heading: all charges recorded, not convictions. A rate computed on convictions would be higher, and mixing the two is why the same statute can appear to have different “worst counties” on different pages. Across the 56 counties with enough records to publish a rate, the median is 35.4%.

CountyCharges recordedState prison, per 100 charges recorded
Alachua County6132.8%
Baker County2520.0%
Bay County25549.0%
Bradford County3253.1%
Calhoun County2540.0%
Charlotte County8440.5%
Citrus County7077.1%
Clay County7537.3%
Collier County2748.1%
Columbia County5442.6%
Desoto County2853.6%
Dixie County1758.8%
Duval County47226.7%
Escambia County35413.0%
Franklin County2626.9%
Gulf County1442.9%
Hardee County1428.6%
Hendry County2638.5%
Hernando County8542.4%
Highlands County6854.4%
Hillsborough County30118.9%
Holmes County3348.5%
Indian River County7028.6%
Jackson County2343.5%
Lake County6936.2%
Lee County10424.0%
Leon County6526.2%
Levy County2222.7%
Liberty County1723.5%
Manatee County5626.8%
Marion County22838.6%
Martin County9439.4%
Miami-Dade County10528.6%
Monroe County2516.0%
Nassau County3930.8%
Okaloosa County13917.3%
Okeechobee County7741.6%
Orange County11712.8%
Osceola County6613.6%
Palm Beach County21653.2%
Pasco County37533.9%
Pinellas County38332.4%
Polk County19039.5%
Putnam County11051.8%
Santa Rosa County11038.2%
Sarasota County16924.9%
Seminole County15121.9%
St. Johns County6633.3%
St. Lucie County12334.1%
Sumter County9030.0%
Suwannee County2972.4%
Taylor County2934.5%
Union County1154.5%
Volusia County28741.1%
Walton County5028.0%
Washington County2236.4%

Counties with too few records to publish a sentencing rate (10)

Fewer than 10 records each. The count is published; the rate is not.

Source, window and the n≥10 floor

Florida Clerk of Courts public records, under Fla. Stat. § 900.05. Window: 2018–2026. A sentencing rate is published for a county only where that county has at least 10 records for this charge. Percentages are weighted by case count. Where the categories on a county page sum to less than 100%, the remainder is a sentence not recorded in the public extract, and that county page names it.

The statute

Read Fla. Stat. § 951.22 at the source →

CaseParity takes no position on sentencing policy. We do not advocate for longer sentences or shorter ones. We do not favor any party, any side, or any outcome. We publish the record.

Past sentencing patterns do not predict future outcomes in any individual case. CaseParity does not recommend litigation strategy, plea decisions, sentencing positions, or appellate arguments. Sentencing outcomes reflect many factors not captured in structured public records.

CaseParity is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. Documented past outcomes, reported in aggregate; not a prediction about any individual case. CaseParity never looks up individual cases.