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Will County Gazette

Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Week ending May 27: seven inmates sentenced in Will County to be released

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There are seven inmates sentenced to jail in Will County set to be released from the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections during the week ending May 27.

The inmate being released who served the longest time was Michael G. Leeth for armed robbery. Michael G. Leeth spent more than four 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
Bryson A. BarefieldMANU/DEL 01-15 GRAMS COCAINE2023-05-21Centralia Correctional Center
Eddie RobertsUSE FORGED CREDIT/DEBIT CARD/>$3002023-05-21Lincoln Correctional Center
Frank DigilioDOMESTIC BATTERY/BODILY HARM2023-05-22Lincoln Correctional Center
Michael G. LeethARMED ROBBERY2023-05-22Illinois River Correctional Center
Xavier RobinsonMANU/DEL 15<100 GRAMS COCAINE2023-05-24Stateville Correctional Center
Dawson A. AbbittRESIDENTIAL BURGLARY2023-05-27Illinois River Correctional Center
Vern SjogreenCRIM DMG TO PROP $300-100002023-05-27Lincoln Correctional Center

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