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Week ending Oct. 29: six inmates sentenced in Champaign County to be released

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There are six inmates sentenced to jail in Champaign County set to be released from the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections during the week ending Oct. 29.

The inmate being released who served the longest time was Virl R. Seals for armed habitual criminal. Virl R. Seals spent more than five 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
Calvin A. ThatchPOSS FIREARM/FOID NO ISSUE/NO ELIG2022-10-24Lincoln Correctional Center
Raymond C. DickersonUUW-FELON POSS/USE WEAPON/FIREARM2022-10-26Jacksonville Correctional Center
Lentrell A. GentrisAGG UNLAWFUL USE OF WEAPON/VEH2022-10-27Illinois River Correctional Center
Matthew G. OliveroAGG ROBBERY/INDICATE ARM W/FIR2022-10-27Hill Correctional Center
Virl R. SealsARMED HABITUAL CRIMINAL2022-10-27Robinson Correctional Center
Austin DavisPOSS FIREARM/FOID NO ISSUE/NO ELIG2022-10-29Vienna Correctional Center

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