Quantcast

Sangamon Sun

Friday, November 8, 2024

Illinois Department of Corrections to release six inmates sentenced in Sangamon County during week ending Nov. 26

29edited

There are six inmates sentenced to jail in Sangamon County set to be released from the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections during the week ending Nov. 26.

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
Jevon V. WashingtonBURGLARY W/O CAUSING DAMAGE2022-11-21Shawnee Correctional Center
Paris GammageUUW-FELON POSS/USE FIREARM PRIOR2022-11-21Graham Correctional Center
William P. SanchezAGG UUW/ON PERSON2022-11-22Graham Correctional Center
David A. JenkinsDOMESTIC BATTERY/BODILY HARM2022-11-25Robinson Correctional Center
James HammondsTRAVELING TO MEET A MINOR2022-11-26Taylorville Correctional Center
Karl E. JonesAGG ASLT PEACE OFF/FIRE/ER WRK2022-11-26Graham Correctional Center

MORE NEWS