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Three inmates sentenced in St. Clair County to be released from Illinois Department of Corrections during week ending April 8

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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 8.

The inmate being released who served the longest time was Travis Linders for a sex crime. Travis Linders spent more than seven 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
Alexus DavisTheft2023-04-04Decatur Correctional Center
Travis Linderssex crime2023-04-04Big Muddy River Correctional Center
Lloyd Greenfelony possession or use of a firearm (with a firearm prior)2023-04-08Graham Correctional Center

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