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Week ending Nov. 12: four inmates sentenced in Winnebago County to be released from Illinois Department of Corrections

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There are four inmates sentenced to jail in Winnebago County set to be released from the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections during the week ending Nov. 12.

The inmate being released who served the longest time was Marcus M. Horton for aggravated battery against an officer of the peace. Marcus M. Horton spent more than two 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 Winnebago County
NameOffenseSupervised Release DateHolding Facility
Floyd RobinsonCRIM TRES TO RES/PERS PRESENT2022-11-10Pinckneyville Correctional Center
Kenyotis R. HollimanUUW-FELON POSS/USE FIREARM PRIOR2022-11-11Centralia Correctional Center
Marcus M. HortonAGG BATTERY/PEACE OFFICER2022-11-11Centralia Correctional Center
Jerry RocketteAGG UUW/ON PERSON2022-11-12Robinson Correctional Center

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