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Sangamon County will have six inmates sentenced in its jurisdiction released during week ending Nov. 3

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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. 3.

The inmate being released who served the longest time was Rueben Johnson for armed habitual criminal. Rueben Johnson spent more than 15 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
Alexis S. RossAGG BATTERY/USE DEADLY WEAPON2022-11-30Logan Correctional Center
Charles E. SandersAGG BATTERY/GREAT BODILY HARM2022-11-30Graham Correctional Center
Trevonte JacksonVOLUN MANSL/NEGL-DEATH ANOTHER2022-12-01Sheridan Correctional Center
Brett CookPREDATORY CRIMINAL SEXUAL ASSAULT2022-12-02Taylorville Correctional Center
Nicholas M. McFannAGG BATTERY/GREAT BODILY HARM2022-12-03Centralia Correctional Center
Rueben JohnsonARMED HABITUAL CRIMINAL2022-12-03Dixon Correctional Center

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