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Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Q4: 4 inmates sentenced in DeKalb County to be released from Illinois Department of Corrections

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There were four inmates sentenced to jail in DeKalb County that will be released from the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections during the fourth quarter.

The inmate being released that served the longest time was Daniel Klomhaus for predatory criminal sexual assault. Daniel Klomhaus spent more than 16 years incarcerated.

According to The Institute for Illinois’ Fiscal Sustainability, Illinois spends about $37,000 a year per incarcerated person. In a study by Prison Policy Initiative, Illinois’ incarceration rate was at 564 per 100,000, higher than every industrialized country, except the United States. When compared with its surrounding states, Illinois was the lowest. Kentucky and Missouri have rates over 850 per 100,000.

One of the issues is how pretrial detainees are now handled. The Vera Institute of Justice noted that pretrial detainees made up 71% of the total jail population.

Most prison inmates are released on some condition of supervised monitoring upon reentering civilian life. This monitoring can last from 1 year to the rest of someone’s life.

Inmates being released who were sentenced in DeKalb County
NameOffenseSupervised Release DateHolding Facility
John R. AndersonAGG STALKING/BODILY HARM2021-12-05Hill Correctional Center
Corey BensonBURGLARY2021-12-19Sheridan Correctional Center
Daniel KlomhausPREDATORY CRIMINAL SEXUAL ASSAULT2021-12-21Shawnee Correctional Center
Tomas HernandezAGGRAVATED DOMESTIC BATTERY2021-12-23Stateville Correctional Center

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