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Week ending May 8: 4 inmates sentenced in Coles County to be released from Illinois Department of Corrections

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There were four inmates sentenced to jail in Coles County that will be released from the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections during the week ending May 8.

The inmate being released that served the longest time was Terry W. Leece for aggravated robbery. Terry W. Leece spent more than six 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 1 year to the rest of someone’s life.

Inmates being released who were sentenced in Coles County
NameOffenseSupervised Release DateHolding Facility
Wesley O. Turner Jr.indecent solicitation2021-05-02East Moline Correctional Center
Terry W. Leeceaggravated robbery2021-05-06Southwestern Illinois Correctional Center
Cody R. Kimerymeth delivery of 15-100 grams2021-05-07Robinson Correctional Center
Mitchell D. Heatonfailing to report weekly as a sex offender for the second time2021-05-07Vienna Correctional Center

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