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Three inmates sentenced in Tazewell County to be released from Illinois Department of Corrections during week ending Jan. 28

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There are three inmates sentenced to jail in Tazewell County set to be released from the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections during the week ending Jan. 28.

The inmate being released who served the longest time was Christopher Parr for burglary. Christopher Parr spent more than three 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 Tazewell County
NameOffenseSupervised Release DateHolding Facility
Heath C. Maynorpossession of meth, under five grams2023-01-22East Moline Correctional Center
Dakota Bolsonpossession of meth, under five grams2023-01-25Jacksonville Correctional Center
Christopher Parrburglary2023-01-28Jacksonville Correctional Center

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