As required by statute, OPPAGA conducts an annual study of pretrial programs that meet certain statutory criteria, administers a survey to gather information from the programs, and examines program reports. Thirty-three pretrial programs responded to the survey regarding 2024 operations and reported serving over 67,000 defendants.
To remain on pretrial release, defendants must comply with all court-ordered conditions until the final disposition of their case. All pretrial programs reported a rate of less than 12% for participants failing to appear in court and varying numbers of defendant rearrests. Most programs reported successful program completion rates of over 78%.
In 2024, program expenditures totaled over $50 million, with county funds comprising 96% of pretrial program budgets statewide. No program reported receiving state general revenue or federal funds, while three programs reported receiving grant funds. Pretrial budgets ranged from $80,255 (Citrus County) to $11.3 million (Broward County).
Statute requires each pretrial program to prepare a weekly register with information about program participants and an annual report of program activities and operations. Pretrial programs generally complied with these statutory requirements, with 32 programs providing OPPAGA weekly registers and 30 programs providing an annual report. However, many programs did not include all statutorily required data elements in the weekly registers or annual reports.
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