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Five inmates sentenced in Lee County to be released from Illinois Department of Corrections during Q3

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

The inmate being released who served the longest time was Clarence W. Prather for aggravated battery against a pregnant or handicapped person. Clarence W. Prather spent more than two 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
Michael OteroUUW-FELON POSS/USE WEAP/PRISON2022-07-08Lincoln Correctional Center
Richard D. RauschMETH DELIVERY/5<15 GRAMS2022-07-11Illinois River Correctional Center
Clarence W. PratherAGG BATTERY/PREGNANT/HANDICAPPED2022-08-03Western Illinois Correctional Center
Anthony L. ZeiglerPHONE HRSMT/LEWD/THREAT KILL2022-08-10Big Muddy River Correctional Center
Robert J. AubreyMANU/DEL AMT NARC SCHED I/II/SCHOOL/HS/PARK2022-08-15Stateville Correctional Center

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