Chambana Sun

There are three inmates sentenced to jail in Vermilion 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 Dalin Shaw for burglary. Dalin Shaw spent more than one 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.

Name	Offense	Supervised Release Date	Holding Facility
Dennis Hardy	aggravated battery against an officer of the peace	2022-11-28	Lincoln Correctional Center
Dalin Shaw	burglary	2022-11-29	Lincoln Correctional Center
Stephen Jones	unlawful use of a firearm, prior felon	2022-12-01	Jacksonville Correctional Center