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How many inmates sentenced in Mercer County will be released during Q3?

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There were two inmates sentenced to jail in Mercer County that will be released from the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections during the third quarter.

The inmate being released that served the longest time was Robert M. Gates for aggravated battery on a child under 13 causing great bodily harm. Robert M. Gates spent more than one 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 Mercer County
NameOffenseSupervised Release DateHolding Facility
Robert M. GatesAGG BATTERY CHILD <13/GREAT BOD HARM2021-07-28Stateville Correctional Center
Jakobe C. BensonTHEFT CONTROL OF PROPERTY <$5002021-09-04Lincoln Correctional Center

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