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How many inmates sentenced in Will County will be released during week ending Dec. 7?

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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 Dec. 7.

The inmate being released who served the longest time was Richard Harris for aggravated battery of a child. Richard Harris spent more than 11 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
Lawrence T. BatesMANU/DEL OTHER AMT NARCOTIC SCHED I&II2023-01-01Lincoln Correctional Center
Keenan T. WebbUUW-FELON POSS/USE WEAPON/FIREARM2023-01-02Lincoln Correctional Center
Nicholas SandersonPOSSESS BURGLARY TOOLS2023-01-03Lincoln Correctional Center
Centrel HandyPOSS OF METH/ 15<100 GRAMS2023-01-06Centralia Correctional Center
Richard HarrisAGG BATTERY OF A CHILD2023-01-06Stateville Correctional Center

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