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Seven inmates sentenced in St. Clair County to be released from Illinois Department of Corrections during week ending April 23

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There are seven inmates sentenced to jail in St. Clair County set to be released from the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections during the week ending April 23.

The inmate being released who served the longest time was Kevin Edwards for murder with the intent to kill or injure. Kevin Edwards spent more than 20 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 St. Clair County
NameOffenseSupervised Release DateHolding Facility
David Kershner-MattinglyAGG CRIM SEX ABUSE/<5 YR VIC2022-04-18Taylorville Correctional Center
Eldren StatenDOMESTIC BATTERY/ CONTACT/PRIOR2022-04-18Southwestern Illinois Correctional Center
Tajuan LampkinARMED ROBBERY/NO FIREARM2022-04-19Jacksonville Correctional Center
Kevin EdwardsMURDER/INTENT TO KILL/INJURE2022-04-20Stateville Correctional Center
Tarkus HamblinSEX OFF FAIL REPORT CHANGE ADDRESS/EMPLOY2022-04-20Big Muddy River Correctional Center
Nicole VasquesMAN/DEL OTHER AMOUNT AMPHETAMINE2022-04-21Decatur Correctional Center
Ronald Bonner Jr.HRSMT/THREATEN PERSON/KILL2022-04-23Graham Correctional Center

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