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Week ending Aug. 13: four inmates sentenced in St. Clair County to be released from Illinois Department of Corrections

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There are four 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 Aug. 13.

The inmate being released who served the longest time was Marlon J. Bingham for armed robbery. Marlon J. Bingham spent more than five 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
Marlon J. BinghamARMED ROBBERY2022-08-08Western Illinois Correctional Center
Tony RobertsonAGG UNLAWFUL USE OF WEAPON/VEH2022-08-10Big Muddy River Correctional Center
Jerard HenleyAGG BATTERY/PEACE OFFICER2022-08-12Vandalia Correctional Center
James C. GreenRET THEFT/DISP MERCH/>$3002022-08-13Vandalia Correctional Center

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