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Five inmates sentenced in Lake County to be released from Illinois Department of Corrections during week ending Sept. 24

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There are five inmates sentenced to jail in Lake County set to be released from the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections during the week ending Sept. 24.

The inmate being released who served the longest time was Leonard A. Lemons for aggravated DUI causing death. Leonard A. Lemons spent more than six 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 Lake County
NameOffenseSupervised Release DateHolding Facility
Leonard A. LemonsAGG DUI/DEATH OF ANOTHER2022-09-18Lincoln Correctional Center
Steven M. CaspersonSEX OFF FAIL REPORT CHANGE ADDR/EMPL2022-09-18Centralia Correctional Center
George J. Harrison-CoinMETH DELIVERY/5<15 GRAMS2022-09-20Sheridan Correctional Center
Dylonn J. WilliamsAGG UNLAWFUL USE OF WEAPON/VEH2022-09-21Shawnee Correctional Center
Juan R. Salas Jr.VIO ORDER/PRIOR VIO OF ORDER2022-09-22Illinois River Correctional Center

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