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Week ending March 11: four inmates sentenced in McLean County to be released

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There are four inmates sentenced to jail in McLean County set to be released from the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections during the week ending March 11.

The inmate being released who served the longest time was Quentin Getty for home invasion that caused an injury. Quentin Getty spent more than 10 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
Dennis L. CovingtonSEX OFFENDER GIVE FALSE INFO/2ND2023-03-06Hill Correctional Center
Leroy PattersonUUW-FELON POSS/USE FIREARM PRIOR2023-03-07Vandalia Correctional Center
Quentin GettyHOME INVASION/CAUSE INJURY2023-03-08Shawnee Correctional Center
Heather ShrumAGG BATTERY/CHILD <13/PERM DISABL2023-03-11Logan Correctional Center

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