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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Week ending Feb. 25: two inmates sentenced in DeKalb County to be released from Illinois Department of Corrections

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There are two inmates sentenced to jail in DeKalb County set to be released from the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections during the week ending Feb. 25.

The inmate being released who served the longest time was Mustafa Sahin for attempted murder with intent to kill or injure. Mustafa Sahin spent more than six 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 one year to the rest of someone’s life.

Inmates being released who were sentenced in DeKalb County
NameOffenseSupervised Release DateHolding Facility
Mustafa SahinATTEMPT MURDER/INTENT TO KILL/INJURE2023-02-20Centralia Correctional Center
Maurice ShawATT ARMED HABITUAL CRIMINAL2023-02-25Lincoln Correctional Center

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