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Sunday, December 22, 2024

Week ending May 3: six inmates sentenced in Will County to be released from Illinois Department of Corrections

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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 May 3.

The inmate being released who served the longest time was Tavares L. Thomas for armed robbery (without a firearm). Tavares L. Thomas spent more than six 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
Leonardo OrnelasAGG BATTERY/DISCHARGE FIREARM2023-05-30Illinois River Correctional Center
Kelvyn Flores-CalvilloAGG BATTERY/PEACE OFFICER2023-05-31Dixon Correctional Center
Julian A. GuerraAGG BATTERY/DISCHARGE FIREARM2023-06-01Illinois River Correctional Center
Tavares L. ThomasARMED ROBBERY/NO FIREARM2023-06-01Big Muddy River Correctional Center
Detrion AndersonAGG ROBBERY/INDICATE ARM W/FIR2023-06-02Vienna Correctional Center
Harold McNealMETH DELIVERY/100<400 GR2023-06-02Western Illinois Correctional Center

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