Shawna Jeanguenat was 5 months pregnant with her second child when she was detained in the LaSalle County Jail in Illinois on drug-related charges in 2019.
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Bunk bed cells are shown in the McLean County Jail. The jail has a capacity of 455: 381 males and 74 females.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
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Shawna Jeanguenat (center) sits with daughter Indie Baylis (left) and son Kashawn Davis (right) for a photo with Santa Claus.
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Rock Island County Sheriff Darren Hart
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Several sets of handcuffs are hanging on a wall outside the operations room of the McLean County Jail.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
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