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Week ending March 18: 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 March 18.

The inmate being released who served the longest time was George White for unlawful use of a firearm, prior felon. George White 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
Desmond BrownDOM BTRY/BOD HARM/4+ PRI CONV2023-03-13Jacksonville Correctional Center
George WhiteUUW-FELON POSS/USE WEAPON/FIREARM2023-03-13Dixon Correctional Center
Tereontae BenfordAGG UUW/VEH/FIR LOADED/NO FOID2023-03-13Graham Correctional Center
Jimmie RogersAGG DUI/LIC SUSP OR REVOKED2023-03-15Lincoln Correctional Center
Samir F. BarakatCHILD PORN/POSS/MOVING DPTN2023-03-16Taylorville Correctional Center

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