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Three inmates sentenced in Lee County to be released from Illinois Department of Corrections during Q2 2022

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There are three inmates sentenced to jail in Lee County set to be released from the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections during the second quarter of 2022.

The inmate being released who served the longest time was Darrin W. Deason for attempted murder with intent to kill or injure. Darrin W. Deason spent more than 20 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
Balal AbdelhadiARMED VIOL/CATEGORY II WEAP/1ST2022-05-11Big Muddy River Correctional Center
Clayton J. WoodAGG CRIM SEX ABUSE/VICTIM <132022-05-23Taylorville Correctional Center
Darrin W. DeasonATTEMPT MURDER/INTENT TO KILL/INJURE2022-06-23Dixon Correctional Center

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