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Vermilion County will have two inmates sentenced in its jurisdiction released during week ending May 4

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There are two inmates sentenced to jail in Vermilion County set to be released from the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections during the week ending May 4.

The inmate being released who served the longest time was Deontre Davis for aggravated robbery. Deontre Davis 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 Vermilion County
NameOffenseSupervised Release DateHolding Facility
Deontre Davisaggravated robbery2022-05-30Hill Correctional Center
Christopher Whitfieldaggravated burglary with use of a deadly weapon2022-06-03Robinson Correctional Center

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