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Five inmates sentenced in Will County to be released from Illinois Department of Corrections during week ending Oct. 8

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There are five inmates sentenced to jail in Will County set to be released from the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections during the week ending Oct. 8.

The inmate being released who served the longest time was Aaron Passmore for aggravated battery while discharging a firearm. Aaron Passmore spent more than eight 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
Robert E. Baxteraggravated DUI2022-10-04Western Illinois Correctional Center
Demetrius A. Colemanfelony possession or use of a firearm (with a firearm prior)2022-10-06Big Muddy River Correctional Center
Ron R. Stevensunlawful use of a firearm, prior felon2022-10-06Lincoln Correctional Center
Aaron Passmoreaggravated battery while discharging a firearm2022-10-07Sheridan Correctional Center
Charles JonesTheft2022-10-07Danville Correctional Center

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