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Week ending June 2: three inmates sentenced in Sangamon County to be released from Illinois Department of Corrections

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There are three inmates sentenced to jail in Sangamon County set to be released from the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections during the week ending June 2.

The inmate being released who served the longest time was Orlando E. Harvey for murder with the intent to kill or injure. Orlando E. Harvey spent more than 27 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
Orlando E. Harveymurder with the intent to kill or injure2022-06-27Pinckneyville Correctional Center
Paola LoyaTheft2022-06-27Decatur Correctional Center
Jeremy McDanielfailing to report weekly as a sex offender for the second time2022-06-28Taylorville Correctional Center

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