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Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Week ending Jan. 22: four inmates sentenced in Champaign County to be released

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There are four inmates sentenced to jail in Champaign County set to be released from the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections during the week ending Jan. 22.

The inmate being released who served the longest time was Jamel M. Kirkwood for residential burglary. Jamel M. Kirkwood spent more than three 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 Champaign County
NameOffenseSupervised Release DateHolding Facility
Bryson S. RussellAGG BATTERY/PUBLIC PLACE2022-01-17Centralia Correctional Center
Caron R. PettisTHREATEN PUBLIC OFFICIAL2022-01-17Pinckneyville Correctional Center
Jamel M. KirkwoodRESIDENTIAL BURGLARY2022-01-18Southwestern Illinois Correctional Center
James D. ThompsonMANU/DEL CANNABIS/2000<5000 GRAMS2022-01-20Pinckneyville Correctional Center

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