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Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Seven inmates sentenced in Douglas County to be released from Illinois Department of Corrections during Q2 2022

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There are seven inmates sentenced to jail in Douglas County set to be released from the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections during the second quarter of 2022.

The inmate being released who served the longest time was Kalen M. Fonner for aggravated domestic battery involving strangulation. Kalen M. Fonner spent more than three 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 Douglas County
NameOffenseSupervised Release DateHolding Facility
Austin T. KnaussPOSSESSION OF METH< 5 GRAMS2022-04-18Illinois River Correctional Center
Gregory A. TerrellDRIVING W/ SUSPEND/REVOKE LICENSE 3RD2022-05-02Graham Correctional Center
Justin N. RahnDOMESTIC BATTERY/BODILY HARM2022-05-09Graham Correctional Center
Kalen M. FonnerAGG DOMESTIC BATTERY/STRANGLE2022-05-11Taylorville Correctional Center
Cody A. RileyBURGLARY W/O CAUSING DAMAGE2022-05-20Shawnee Correctional Center
Chaquille T. JeffersonAGG UNLAWFUL USE OF WEAPON/VEH2022-05-27Graham Correctional Center
Danielle C. ShindelarFORGERY/ISSUE/DELIVER DOCUMENT2022-05-27Decatur Correctional Center

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