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Wednesday, November 6, 2024

Douglas County will have six inmates sentenced in its jurisdiction released during Q4

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

The inmate being released who served the longest time was Joshua A. Hatfill for aggravated domestic battery involving strangulation. Joshua A. Hatfill spent more than four years incarcerated.

According to The Institute for Illinois’ Fiscal Sustainability's most recent information, 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 in 2021, 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
Matthew PriceDOMESTIC BATTERY/BODILY HARM2022-10-07Graham Correctional Center
Baltazar DiazDRIVING W/ SUSPEND/REVOKE LICENSE 4-92022-10-21Vienna Correctional Center
Cameron J. MayMANU/DEL 01-15 GRAMS COCAINE2022-10-30Hill Correctional Center
David D. EdwardsAGGRAVATED BATTERY/VICTIM 60+2022-11-05Graham Correctional Center
Minas M. MinasyanMANU/DEL CANNABIS/10-30 GRAMS2022-12-05Graham Correctional Center
Joshua A. HatfillAGG DOMESTIC BATTERY/STRANGLE2022-12-09Big Muddy River Correctional Center

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