Some of the publications this bureau produces focus on subjects such as escapes, violent career criminals, recidivism rates, risk classification, surveys, sentencing guidelines and this annual report. These programs teach behavior and attitude change to those who have battered their partners. Established a position to collect data and analyze issues specific to the DC's work force, such as staff turnover and retention.
Inmates raise and eat the catfish, learning a viable job skill and saving the state money on meals.
Julie Harrington, a bureau forecaster and statistician, spearheaded the project. In addition to her Ph.D. in economics, she has a master's degree in fisheries. Completed coordination of a follow-up public opinion survey of Floridians to assess the difference in their knowledge and image of the DC from 1997 to 1998. Preliminary results indicate Floridians are becoming more aware that most inmates work and that most inmates now serve 85 percent of their sentences, two goals of its public information program. DC's Paula Tully Bryant of the Bureau of Research and Data Analysis presented a joint poster session on surveys conducted for their agencies at a conference for the Bureau of Justice Statistics.