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Week ending Aug. 21: 4 inmates sentenced in Sangamon County to be released from Illinois Department of Corrections

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There were four inmates sentenced to jail in Sangamon County that will be released from the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections during the week ending Aug. 21.

The inmate being released that served the longest time was James B. Eudy for second degree murder. James B. Eudy spent more than nine 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 Sangamon County
NameOffenseSupervised Release DateHolding Facility
James B. EudyMURDER/2ND DEGREE MURDER2021-08-15Graham Correctional Center
Cardian R. GrossUUW-FELON POSS/USE FIREARM PRIOR2021-08-18Centralia Correctional Center
Brandon BasdenAGG DUI/3/PASS <162021-08-18Sheridan Correctional Center
Isaac L. DuncanAGG FLEEING POLICE/21 MPH OVER2021-08-20Centralia Correctional Center

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