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Friday, May 3, 2024

Week ending Nov. 26: four inmates sentenced in Lake County to be released

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There are four inmates sentenced to jail in Lake County set to be released from the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections during the week ending Nov. 26.

The inmate being released who served the longest time was Ronald R. Murray for felon failing to return from furlough. Ronald R. Murray spent more than two 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
Joshua S. HoffmanMANU/DEL CANNABIS/30-500 GRAMS2022-11-20Taylorville Correctional Center
William ShingletonTHEFT <$3002022-11-22Dixon Correctional Center
Ronald R. MurrayFELON FAIL TO RETURN FROM FURLOUGH2022-11-23Jacksonville Correctional Center
Trayvon J. JohnsonAGG UUW/VEH/FIR LOADED/NO FOID2022-11-23Illinois River Correctional Center

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