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How many inmates sentenced in St. Clair County will be released during week ending Sept. 17?

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There are six 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 Sept. 17.

The inmate being released who served the longest time was Jemahri Patton for aggravated battery while discharging a firearm. Jemahri Patton 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
Alissa SpearsRESIDENTIAL ARSON2022-09-11Decatur Correctional Center
Christopher BrownAGG BATTERY/PREGNANT/HANDICAPPED2022-09-12Centralia Correctional Center
Delmius BanksCOMMUNICATE/DETAIN WITNESS2022-09-13Vienna Correctional Center
Arlandus GowerBURGLARY/SCHOOL/PLACE WORSHIP2022-09-14Illinois River Correctional Center
Jemahri PattonAGG BATTERY/DISCHARGE FIREARM2022-09-14Pinckneyville Correctional Center
Benjamin LandonDRIVING W/ SUSPEND/REVOKE LICENSE 2ND2022-09-16Vienna Correctional Center

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