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Six inmates sentenced in Macon County to be released from Illinois Department of Corrections during week ending July 29

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There are six inmates sentenced to jail in Macon County set to be released from the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections during the week ending July 29.

The inmate being released who served the longest time was Jacoby Phillips for aggravated discharge of a firearm. Jacoby Phillips spent more than 10 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
Cory PattersonAGG BATTERY/CHILD <13/PERM DISABL2023-07-23Danville Correctional Center
Lashon L. Crue Jr.FLEEING/ATTEMPT ELUDE OFF 3+2023-07-23Graham Correctional Center
Thomas R. WheelerBURGLARY2023-07-23Jacksonville Correctional Center
Mariah N. MaxwellARSON2023-07-25Decatur Correctional Center
Devin D. McKinneyUUW-FELON POSS/USE FIREARM PRIOR2023-07-26Graham Correctional Center
Jacoby PhillipsAGG DISCHARGE FIREARM/OCC VEH2023-07-26Illinois River Correctional Center

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