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Q2 2022: three inmates sentenced in Iroquois County to be released from Illinois Department of Corrections

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There are three inmates sentenced to jail in Iroquois County set to be released from the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections during the second quarter of 2022.

The inmate being released who served the longest time was Rory R. Kempen Jr. for possession of meth under 5 grams. Rory R. Kempen Jr. 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 1 year to the rest of someone’s life.

Inmates being released who were sentenced in Iroquois County
NameOffenseSupervised Release DateHolding Facility
Juan A. PerezAID/ABET/POSS/SELL STOLEN VEH2022-04-10Sheridan Correctional Center
Rory R. Kempen Jr.POSS OF METH < 5 GRAMS2022-05-06East Moline Correctional Center
Karl AndersonAGG UUW/VEH/FIR LOADED/NO FOID2022-06-13East Moline Correctional Center

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