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Sunday, June 22, 2025

Williamson County will have 5 inmates sentenced in its jurisdiction released during Q3

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There were five inmates sentenced to jail in Williamson County that will be released from the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections during the third quarter.

The inmate being released that served the longest time was Jamal D. Oxford for theft. Jamal D. Oxford spent more than six 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 Williamson County
NameOffenseSupervised Release DateHolding Facility
Robert A. JenkinsDOMESTIC BATTERY/BODILY HARM2021-07-21Menard Correctional Center
Tyler B. WehrBURGLARY2021-07-28Menard Correctional Center
Jamal D. OxfordTHEFT >$10,000 <$100,0002021-08-11Illinois River Correctional Center
Jeremy D. BoensAGG DUI/42021-09-01Menard Correctional Center
Dustin WilliamsBURGLARY2021-09-21Menard Correctional Center

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