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How many inmates sentenced in Lee County will be released during Q4?

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There were eight inmates sentenced to jail in Lee County that will be released from the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections during the fourth quarter.

The inmate being released that served the longest time was James E. Bass for a sex crime. James E. Bass spent more than 30 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 1 year to the rest of someone’s life.

Inmates being released who were sentenced in Lee County
NameOffenseSupervised Release DateHolding Facility
Robert J. Loomis Jr.AGG DOMESTIC BATTERY/STRANGLE2021-10-10Kewanee Life Skills Re-Entry Center
Branden J. SimesterAGG UUW/PERSON/PREV CONVICTION2021-10-19Big Muddy River Correctional Center
Steven P. HibberdCHILD PORN/POSS FILM/PHOTOS2021-11-07Danville Correctional Center
Lenny J. LawCHILD PORN/POSS FILM/PHOTOS2021-11-10Vandalia Correctional Center
Giancarlo PonsPOSSESSION OF METH< 5 GRAMS2021-11-18Illinois River Correctional Center
James E. BassAGG CRIM SEX ASSAULT/FELONY2021-11-21Western Illinois Correctional Center
Robert W. OdleDOMESTIC BATTERY/PHY CONTACT/2ND+2021-11-22Stateville Correctional Center
Kenneth W. WestmorlandDOM BTRY/BOD HARM/4+ PRI CONV2021-12-18Robinson Correctional Center

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