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Friday, April 11, 2025

Illinois Department of Corrections to release six inmates sentenced in Will County during week ending Sept. 24

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There are six inmates sentenced to jail in Will County set to be released from the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections during the week ending Sept. 24.

The inmate being released who served the longest time was Eric Munoz for aggravated sex crime with firearm. Eric Munoz spent more than 18 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 one year to the rest of someone’s life.

Inmates being released who were sentenced in Will County
NameOffenseSupervised Release DateHolding Facility
Christian LizardiAGG UNLAWFUL USE OF WEAPON/VEH2022-09-19East Moline Correctional Center
Dionne OrtegaMFG/DEL 15<100 GR HEROIN/ANLG2022-09-20Logan Correctional Center
Melvin Wilson Jr.THEFT $300<$10,0002022-09-21Vandalia Correctional Center
Eric MunozAGG CRIM SEX ASSAULT/FIREARM2022-09-23Vienna Correctional Center
Christopher M. NelsonAGG DOMESTIC BATTERY/STRANGLE2022-09-24Robinson Correctional Center
Russell D. BassPOSS AMT CON SUB EXCEPT(A)/(D)2022-09-24Lincoln Correctional Center

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