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Illinois Department of Corrections to release eight inmates sentenced in Winnebago County during week ending Dec. 17

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There are eight inmates sentenced to jail in Winnebago County set to be released from the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections during the week ending Dec. 17.

The inmate being released who served the longest time was Ronald J. Walton for manufacturing or delivery of 100-400 grams of cocaine. Ronald J. Walton spent more than seven 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
Joshua A. DyeAGG STALKING/VIO REST ORDER2022-12-11Lincoln Correctional Center
Nicholas G. MaxeyAGG UNLAWFUL USE OF WEAPON/VEH2022-12-11Lincoln Correctional Center
Devon A. HickmanPOSS FIREARM/FOID NO ISSUE/NO ELIG2022-12-12Stateville Correctional Center
Keven D. BeachAGG DUI/32022-12-12Jacksonville Correctional Center
Lamarr SpringfieldAGG BATTERY/PREGNANT/HANDICAPPED2022-12-14Centralia Correctional Center
Matthew K. SilanpaaAGG BATTERY/PEACE OFFICER2022-12-14Robinson Correctional Center
Emanuel N. AlbertAGG ROBBERY/INDICATE ARM W/FIR2022-12-15Shawnee Correctional Center
Ronald J. WaltonMANU/DEL 100<400 GRAMS COCAINE2022-12-16Illinois River Correctional Center

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