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Week ending Jan. 28: five inmates sentenced in Winnebago County to be released

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There are five inmates sentenced to jail in Winnebago 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 Antwon Chambers for a sex crime. Antwon Chambers 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 Winnebago County
NameOffenseSupervised Release DateHolding Facility
Philip C. HayesARMED ROBBERY/NO FIREARM2023-01-22Pontiac Correctional Center
Terrence JoinerAGG BATTERY/PUBLIC PLACE2023-01-22Centralia Correctional Center
Antwon ChambersCRIM SEX ASSAULT/FORCE2023-01-27Big Muddy River Correctional Center
Lea A. SturdivantPOSSESS LOST CREDIT/DEBIT CARD2023-01-27Logan Correctional Center
Steven G. WrightSTALKING BY TRANSMITTING THREAT2023-01-27Jacksonville Correctional Center

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