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Week ending May 27: five inmates sentenced in Champaign County to be released

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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 May 27.

The inmate being released who served the longest time was Miguel A. Colon for predatory criminal sexual assault. Miguel A. Colon spent more than seven 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
Miguel A. ColonPREDATORY CRIMINAL SEXUAL ASSAULT2023-05-21Taylorville Correctional Center
Cody R. BrownPOSS FIREARM/FOID NO ISSUE/NO ELIG2023-05-23Graham Correctional Center
Larry S. KirklandUNLAWFUL POSS/DRIVER/VEH/STOLEN2023-05-24Shawnee Correctional Center
Demarion C. BrownAGG UUW/VEH/FIR LOADED/NO FOID2023-05-25Stateville Correctional Center
Eric J. ColeAGG BATTERY/PUBLIC PLACE2023-05-27Robinson Correctional Center

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