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Gallatin County will have 2 inmates sentenced in its jurisdiction released during February

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There were two inmates sentenced to jail in Gallatin County that will be released from the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections during February.

The inmate being released that served the longest time was Derek S. O'Guinn for failing to register a change in address or employment as a sex offender. Derek S. O'Guinn spent more than one 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 Gallatin County in February
NameOffenseSupervised Release DateHolding Facility
Derek S. O'Guinnfailing to register a change in address or employment as a sex offender2021-02-12Big Muddy River Correctional Center
Amber D. Carsonpossession of meth, under five grams2021-02-20Logan Correctional Center

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