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Week ending March 11: six inmates sentenced in Madison County to be released

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There are six inmates sentenced to jail in Madison County set to be released from the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections during the week ending March 11.

The inmate being released who served the longest time was Ashlee N. Wethington for aggravated battery on a child under 13 causing permanent disability. Ashlee N. Wethington spent more than eight 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 Madison County
NameOffenseSupervised Release DateHolding Facility
Corey M. LindleyAGG DUI/ACCIDENT/BODILY HARM2023-03-07Illinois River Correctional Center
Dennis B. LathamRESIDENTIAL ARSON2023-03-07Robinson Correctional Center
Ashlee N. WethingtonAGG BATTERY/CHILD <13/PERM DISABL2023-03-08Logan Correctional Center
Freddie J. BrownMETH DELIVERY<5 GRAMS2023-03-08Lincoln Correctional Center
Jessica HartPOSS AMT CON SUB EXCEPT(A)/(D)2023-03-09Logan Correctional Center
Vincent A. PlannetteAID/ABET/POSS/SELL STOLEN VEH2023-03-09Pinckneyville Correctional Center

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