The inmate being released that served the longest time was Shawn Bell for home invasion. Shawn Bell spent more than 21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel L. Sally | criminal trespassing | 2021-02-02 | Vienna Correctional Center |
| Lester C. Walton II | unlawful use of a firearm, prior felon | 2021-02-02 | Illinois River Correctional Center |
| Shawn Bell | home invasion | 2021-02-04 | Illinois River Correctional Center |
| Ronald Batton | armed robbery (with a firearm) | 2021-02-05 | Southwestern Illinois Correctional Center |
| Darrell W. O'Neal | felony possession or use of a firearm (with a firearm prior) | 2021-02-06 | Illinois River Correctional Center |
| Eric White | felony possession or use of a firearm (with a firearm prior) | 2021-02-06 | Vandalia Correctional Center |
| Lucas L. Baker | burglary | 2021-02-07 | Jacksonville Correctional Center |
| Allen R. Williams | burglary | 2021-02-10 | Dixon Correctional Center |
| Nathaniel O. Burress | possession of a controlled substance | 2021-02-22 | Stateville Correctional Center |
| Joshua T. Hennessey | vehicular hijacking | 2021-02-23 | Southwestern Illinois Correctional Center |
| Chiquita Jordan | burglary | 2021-02-24 | Logan Correctional Center |
| Satonius M. Petty | unlawful use of a firearm, prior felon | 2021-02-24 | Sheridan Correctional Center |
| Martinez Shorty | armed robbery (with a firearm) | 2021-02-26 | Vienna Correctional Center |
| Lyone Williams | residential burglary | 2021-02-28 | Sheridan Correctional Center |
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