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Friday, May 3, 2024

Week ending May 20: three inmates sentenced in Lake County to be released from Illinois Department of Corrections

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There are three inmates sentenced to jail in Lake County set to be released from the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections during the week ending May 20.

The inmate being released who served the longest time was Maira E. Hurtado for attempted aggravated discharge of a firearm at a vehicle. Maira E. Hurtado 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
Maira E. HurtadoATT AGG DISCHARGE FIREARM AT VEH2023-05-14Decatur Correctional Center
Armando C. SalazarAGG UNLAWFUL USE OF WEAPON/VEH2023-05-16Robinson Correctional Center
Silvestre MartinezTHEFT CONTROL OF PROPERTY <$5002023-05-16Lincoln Correctional Center

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