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Week ending April 8: five inmates sentenced in Champaign County to be released from Illinois Department of Corrections

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There are five inmates sentenced to jail in Champaign County set to be released from the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections during the week ending April 8.

The inmate being released who served the longest time was Aaron Jones for murder with the intent to kill or injure. Aaron Jones spent more than 24 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
Aaron JonesMURDER/INTENT TO KILL/INJURE2023-04-04Hill Correctional Center
Dominic ParrishUUW/MACHINE GUN/AUTOMATIC WEAPON2023-04-04Lincoln Correctional Center
Faron M. DavenportAGG BATTERY/PEACE OFFICER2023-04-04Shawnee Correctional Center
Jayson J. JohnsonMANU/DEL COCAINE/SCHOOL/PUB HOUS/PARK2023-04-04Stateville Correctional Center
Sherman K. BraggARMED ROBBERY/ARMED W/FIREARM2023-04-04Illinois River Correctional Center

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