The inmate being released who served the longest time was Robert D. Edge for predatory criminal sexual assault. Robert D. Edge spent more than 20 years incarcerated.
According to The Institute for Illinois’ Fiscal Sustainability's most recent information, 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 in 2022, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jasmine Lopez | aiding with the possession or selling of a stolen vehicle | 2023-01-02 | Logan Correctional Center |
| Nathaniel McEvers | residential burglary | 2023-01-04 | Illinois River Correctional Center |
| Hannah R. McNutt | manufacturing or delivery of more than 500 grams of cannabis | 2023-01-13 | Decatur Correctional Center |
| Rance Robinzine | aggravated DUI | 2023-01-15 | Vienna Correctional Center |
| Jerr Quiram | possession of a controlled substance | 2023-01-26 | Southwestern Illinois Correctional Center |
| Marshall R. Glass | driving with a revoked or suspended license | 2023-02-05 | Big Muddy River Correctional Center |
| Gradie Hawkins | driving with a revoked or suspended license | 2023-02-07 | East Moline Correctional Center |
| Samantha Lair | driving with a revoked or suspended license | 2023-02-19 | Logan Correctional Center |
| Joshua Zimny | aggravated battery against an officer of the peace | 2023-02-21 | Lincoln Correctional Center |
| Patrick A. Lyddon | possession of meth under 5 grams | 2023-02-21 | Illinois River Correctional Center |
| Robert D. Edge | predatory criminal sexual assault | 2023-02-27 | Centralia Correctional Center |
| John J. Ventress | forgery | 2023-03-04 | Jacksonville Correctional Center |
| Mark D. Parsons | possession of meth under 5 grams | 2023-03-18 | Lincoln Correctional Center |
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