The inmate being released who served the longest time was Jesse A. Williams for attempted armed violence with a category 1 weapon. Jesse A. Williams 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.
| Name | Offense | Supervised Release Date | Holding Facility |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher D. Wessels | Theft | 2022-04-03 | Vandalia Correctional Center |
| Jesse A. Williams | attempted armed violence with a category 1 weapon | 2022-04-05 | Sheridan Correctional Center |
| Alan Simmons | aggravated criminal sexual abuse against a victim under 5 | 2022-04-23 | Taylorville Correctional Center |
| James Johnson | felon failing to return from furlough | 2022-04-27 | Shawnee Correctional Center |
| Harley Canas | felony possession or use of a firearm (with a firearm prior) | 2022-05-11 | Big Muddy River Correctional Center |
| Austin McConnell | aiding with the possession or selling of a stolen vehicle | 2022-05-23 | Pinckneyville Correctional Center |
| Federico Cantu | manufacturing or delivery of 10-15 grams of heroin | 2022-05-25 | Pinckneyville Correctional Center |
| Mitchell Wolf | meth delivery between 5-15 grams | 2022-05-27 | Pinckneyville Correctional Center |
| Brett Frain | burglary without causing damage | 2022-05-29 | Pontiac Correctional Center |
| Blaine A. Fenton | criminal sexual abuse | 2022-06-29 | Illinois River Correctional Center |
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