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Week ending Dec. 17: five inmates sentenced in Macon County to be released

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There are five inmates sentenced to jail in Macon County set to be released from the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections during the week ending Dec. 17.

The inmate being released who served the longest time was Jimmie J. White for residential burglary. Jimmie J. White 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 Macon County
NameOffenseSupervised Release DateHolding Facility
Duane D. Leemanufacturing or delivering controlled substances2022-12-11Big Muddy River Correctional Center
David E. Mathesmeth delivery between 5-15 grams2022-12-12Sheridan Correctional Center
Jerome B. Bryson Jr.manufacturing or delivery of 30-500 grams of cannabis2022-12-12Graham Correctional Center
Andy R. McCulleyaggravated burglary with use of a deadly weapon2022-12-15Vandalia Correctional Center
Jimmie J. Whiteresidential burglary2022-12-17Pinckneyville Correctional Center

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