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Thursday, January 30, 2025

Illinois Department of Corrections set to release 2 inmates sentenced in Coles County during February

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There are two inmates sentenced in Coles County set to be released from jail in February, according to the Illinois Department of Corrections.

Bryan C. Walker, who served the longest sentence among them, spent more than four years incarcerated for aggravated domestic battery involving strangulation.

According to the Illinois Department of Corrections, Illinois spends about $45,828 a year per incarcerated person. In a 2023 study by the Prison Policy Initiative, the state's incarceration rate was at 433 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 700 per 100,000.

One of the reasons behind jail growth is how pretrial detainees are handled. Another study by the Prison Policy Initiative noted that the number of unconvicted individuals was more than two times higher than convicted individuals.

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 Sentenced in Coles County Scheduled for Release in February
NameOffenseSupervised Release DateHolding Facility
Bryan C. WalkerAggravated domestic battery involving strangulation02/05/2025Robinson Correctional Center
Breya S. BarryRobbery02/24/2025Logan Correctional Center

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