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Five inmates sentenced in Macon County to be released from Illinois Department of Corrections during week ending May 20

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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 May 20.

The inmate being released who served the longest time was Arnold Bien for aggravated battery of a child. Arnold Bien spent more than 29 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
Kimiko L. SchultzAGG ASLT PEACE OFF/FIRE/ER WRK2023-05-14Logan Correctional Center
Arnold BienAGG BATTERY OF A CHILD2023-05-16Taylorville Correctional Center
Stephen A. DippelAGG DUI/5/BAC 0.16>2023-05-17Shawnee Correctional Center
Deandre Q. SimonMANU/DEL 100<400 GRAMS COCAINE2023-05-19Illinois River Correctional Center
Kenneth A. GuiseARMED HABITUAL CRIMINAL2023-05-19Big Muddy River Correctional Center

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