Crime

Sophia Manuel, Policy Advisor for Reform Initiatives at IDOC | Illinois Department of Corrections oficial website

There is one inmate sentenced in Mason County set to be released from prison during the week ending Aug. 16, according to the Illinois Department of Corrections .

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.

According to the Illinois Department of Corrections, Illinois spends about $45,828 a year per incarcerated person . In a 2023 study by the Prison Policy Initiative, the state's incarceration rate was at 433 per 100,000 , higher than every industrialized country, except the United States. When compared with its surrounding state

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