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St. Clair County will have three inmates sentenced in its jurisdiction released during week ending April 7

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There are three 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 7.

The inmate being released who served the longest time was Brent Edmonds for murder with the intent to kill or injure. Brent Edmonds spent more than 24 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
Gary WitherspoonTheft2022-05-01Robinson Correctional Center
Brent Edmondsmurder with the intent to kill or injure2022-05-04Graham Correctional Center
Benito Arreolaaggravated burglary with use of a deadly weapon2022-05-05Vienna Correctional Center

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