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Thursday, November 7, 2024

How many inmates sentenced in Effingham County will be released during Q3?

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There are five inmates sentenced to jail in Effingham County set to be released from the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections during the third quarter of 2022.

The inmate being released who served the longest time was Malcolm D. Hill for aggravated battery against an officer of the peace. Malcolm D. Hill spent more than four 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 Effingham County
NameOffenseSupervised Release DateHolding Facility
Ina BlankenshipMETH DELIVERY<5 GRAMS2022-08-04Logan Correctional Center
Malcolm D. HillAGG BATTERY/PEACE OFFICER2022-08-16Dixon Correctional Center
Corey L. FitzgeraldTHEFT CONTROL INTENT 10K<100K2022-09-08Big Muddy River Correctional Center
Justin WheelerAGG DOMESTIC BATTERY/STRANGLE2022-09-15Western Illinois Correctional Center
Scott J. ClarkMETH DELIVERY<5 GRAMS2022-09-26Lincoln Correctional Center

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