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Five inmates sentenced in McLean County to be released from Illinois Department of Corrections during week ending Dec. 24

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There are five inmates sentenced to jail in McLean County set to be released from the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections during the week ending Dec. 24.

The inmate being released who served the longest time was Jason Murray for aggravated battery with a firearm. Jason Murray spent more than 20 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 McLean County
NameOffenseSupervised Release DateHolding Facility
Jesse DuncanCRIM DMG TO PROP $300-100002022-12-18Hill Correctional Center
Robert A. GilliamAGG DISCHARGE FIREARM/OCC VEH2022-12-20Stateville Correctional Center
Caleb ShannonSEX OFF FAIL TO REPORT ANNUALLY2022-12-21Illinois River Correctional Center
Jason MurrayAGGRAVATED BATTERY W/FIREARM2022-12-21Pontiac Correctional Center
Edward FeltonSEX OFFENDER REGIS VIOLATION2022-12-24Taylorville Correctional Center

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