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Thursday, May 2, 2024

Week ending April 8: six inmates sentenced in Lake County to be released from Illinois Department of Corrections

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There are six inmates sentenced to jail in Lake County set to be released from the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections during the week ending April 8.

The inmate being released who served the longest time was Francisco Roque for a sex crime. Francisco Roque spent more than 12 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
Francisco RoqueCRIM SEX ASSAULT/VICTIM 13-172023-04-02Taylorville Correctional Center
Michael J. KvacikPOSS AMT CON SUB EXCEPT(A)/(D)2023-04-03Sheridan Correctional Center
Paul A. JacomeDOMESTIC BATTERY/BODILY HARM2023-04-03Vienna Correctional Center
Angel Alvarez Jr.AGG BATTERY/PEACE OFFICER2023-04-04Southwestern Illinois Correctional Center
Adam M. LopezDOMESTIC BATTERY/BODILY HARM2023-04-05Lincoln Correctional Center
Richard A. KastmanEXPLOIT CHILD/SEX ACT/2ND2023-04-05Big Muddy River Correctional Center

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