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
| Name | Offense | Supervised Release Date | Holding Facility |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Frank | DOMESTIC BATTERY/BODILY HARM | 2022-08-01 | Big Muddy River Correctional Center |
| Rocco Vaughn | POSSESS 15>200 PILLS ECSTASY | 2022-08-19 | Vandalia Correctional Center |
| Skyler Young | PRED CRIM SEX ASSLAUT/VICTIM <13 | 2022-08-23 | Dixon Correctional Center |
| Nicholle Martinez | ATTEMPT MURDER/INTENT TO KILL/INJURE | 2022-09-14 | Logan Correctional Center |
| Walter Little | CRIM SEX ASLT/FORCE/PREV CONV | 2022-09-17 | Taylorville Correctional Center |
| Nisan J. Dean | AGG ROBBERY/INDICATE ARM W/FIR | 2022-09-22 | Sheridan Correctional Center |
| Jonathan Walls | UUW-FELON POSS/USE FIREARM PRIOR | 2022-09-25 | Western Illinois Correctional Center |
| Jalen Lucas | AGG BATTERY/PEACE OFFICER | 2022-09-27 | Hill Correctional Center |
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