Quantcast

Dupage Policy Journal

Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Week ending April 10: 3 inmates sentenced in Dupage County to be released

Webp shutterstock 29134423

There were three inmates sentenced to jail in Dupage County that will be released from the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections during the week ending April 10.

The inmate being released that served the longest time was Edward C. West for Theft. Edward C. West 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 Dupage County
NameOffenseSupervised Release DateHolding Facility
Christian D. NunezCUSTODIAL SEXUAL MISCONDUCT2021-04-06Danville Correctional Center
Richard S. GancarzDRIVING W/ SUSPEND/REVOKE LICENSE 15+2021-04-07Stateville Correctional Center
Edward C. WestRET THEFT/DISP MERCH/<$300/PREV CONV2021-04-08Lincoln Correctional Center

MORE NEWS