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Champaign County will have four inmates sentenced in its jurisdiction released during week ending July 23

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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 July 23.

The inmate being released who served the longest time was Joanna M. Stewart for residential burglary. Joanna M. Stewart spent more than two 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
Andrew W. HerreraAGG BATTERY/PUBLIC PLACE2022-07-18Pinckneyville Correctional Center
Kamarion L. BusbyUUW-FELON POSS/USE WEAPON/FIREARM2022-07-18Sheridan Correctional Center
Jamarquis A. RossAGG UNLAWFUL USE OF WEAPON/VEH2022-07-20East Moline Correctional Center
Joanna M. StewartRESIDENTIAL BURGLARY2022-07-22Logan Correctional Center

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