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Galesburg Reporter

Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Week ending July 31: 3 inmates sentenced in Knox County to be released

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There were three inmates sentenced to jail in Knox County that will be released from the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections during the week ending July 31.

The inmate being released that served the longest time was Jeremy L. Cottom for predatory criminal sexual assault. Jeremy L. Cottom spent more than 15 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 one year to the rest of someone’s life.

Inmates being released who were sentenced in Knox County
NameOffenseSupervised Release DateHolding Facility
London T. Goldenaggravated robbery2021-07-27Illinois River Correctional Center
Jeremy L. Cottompredatory criminal sexual assault2021-07-28Illinois River Correctional Center
Jonathan Gullbergburglary2021-07-30Centralia Correctional Center

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