Community Corrections

2251 North Palafox Street

Pensacola, Florida 32501-3925

Telephone (850) 595-3100

Fax (850) 595-3112

Our mission is to provide alternatives to incarceration that ensures public safety, promotes responsible behavior and encourages positive lifestyle changes.

The Department of Community Corrections has eight components: 

Misdemeanor Probation: This program conducts investigative work, performs counseling, issues warrants, and supervises sentenced probationers.  The Probation Officers work closely with the Judiciary, State Attorney’s Office, Public Defender’s Office, private attorneys, Law Enforcement Officers, Social Workers, as well as other state, local, and federal agencies.  The caseload for each Probation Officer averages more than 200 cases.

Community Confinement: This program is a more intensive form of probation supervision, which administers various monitoring devices such as electronic monitoring, global positioning systems, and secured continuous remote alcohol monitoring.  Probationers are required to report to their Probation Officer weekly. Also, the Domestic Violence Intensive Supervision Unit (DVISU) is supervised under the supervision of the Community Confinement Staff, in conjunction with the Pre-Trial Release Staff.   The DVISU provides intensive supervision for those defendants who have committed Battery Domestic Violence offenses.

Check Restitution:   This program strives to assist in alleviating overburdening of the Escambia County Court System.  Multiple offenders are required to attend a program designed to assist and educate chronic worthless check writers, as well as enable worthless check offenders to pay restitution and fees prior to arrest, often precluding the sentencing of such offenders to jail.  Each year, victims receive thousands of dollars in restitution for worthless checks they had previously received.

Work Release: The Work Release Program houses qualified and/or Court-Ordered offenders who have be sentenced to serve a period of incarceration.  These offenders are allowed to continue to their employment while serving their sentence.  Probation Officers supervise these individuals, and there is also a qualified security staff at the Work Release Center at all times. 

Pre-Trial Release: This program provides a non-financial means of release from incarceration for qualified jail inmates.  Defendants released to this program have a set of conditions , imposed by the Court, that they must abide while awaiting a date for their cases to be adjudicated.  A defendant remains free from incarceration until their case is disposed of by the Court, unless their bond is revoked, or they are rearrested. This program serves as a viable alternative to incarceration, and assists in alleviating overcrowding of the jail. Forensic Mental Health referrals and Domestic Violence Intensive Supervision referrals are also monitored by the Pre-Trial Release Department.

Pre-Trial Diversion: This  program is most often utilized by first time offenders as referred by the Court.  The offender is required to complete conditions, and if the conditions are completed successfully, the offender’s case will be closed and a nolle pros will appear on his/her record.  The program is very successful in its offender completion rate which in turn assist in reducing the number of cases the judges, prosecutors, attorneys, etc. must prepare for and prosecute.

Community Service Work: This program is designed to place individuals who are ordered by the Court to complete a specified number of community service work with agencies throughout the county.  These agencies include, but are not limited to: The Waterfront Mission, Manna Food Band, Goodwill, etc.

Court Services: The Court Services Division assigns the cases to the Probation Officers and provides first-hand information and correspondence to the defendants.  This division also ensures that accurate court information is dispersed to the appropriate department.

(Pictured right: Gordon Pike, Director and Tammie Booker, Chief)