Justin Hammers, Chief of Operations at IDOC | Illinois Department of Corrections oficial website

There is one inmate sentenced in Mason County set to be released from prison in September, according to the Illinois Department of Corrections .

The inmate is called Justin Huggins, and spent one year incarcerated for an offense recorded as 'aggravated battery'.

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 states, Illinois was the lowest. Kentucky and Missouri have rates over 700 per 100,000.

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