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 Jefferson County
| Name | Offense | Supervised Release Date | Holding Facility |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tylon Hawthorne | AGG DISCHARGE FIREARM/BLDG | 2022-04-01 | Centralia Correctional Center |
| Michael T. Braden | AGG BATTERY/PEACE OFFICER | 2022-04-02 | Lincoln Correctional Center |
| Lyndon Hawkins | AGG BATTERY/PEACE OFFICER | 2022-04-09 | Graham Correctional Center |
| Paul A. Kerrigan | RET THEFT/DISP MERCH/>$300 | 2022-04-18 | Vandalia Correctional Center |
| Aaron L. Sanders | METH MANUFACTURE<15 GRAMS | 2022-04-20 | Stateville Correctional Center |
| Dennis R. Heck | SEX OFF FAIL REPORT CHANGE ADDR/EMPL | 2022-04-25 | Taylorville Correctional Center |
| Joetta Devine | AGG BATTERY/PEACE OFFICER | 2022-04-26 | Logan Correctional Center |
| William D. Higginson | POSS OF METH < 5 GRAMS | 2022-04-30 | Menard Correctional Center |
| James L. Phyfiher | AGGRAVATED DOMESTIC BATTERY | 2022-05-02 | Big Muddy River Correctional Center |
| Justin B. Larcom | DOM BTRY/CONTACT/3 PRIOR CONV | 2022-05-04 | Vandalia Correctional Center |
| Thomas K. Osborne | POSS OF METH < 5 GRAMS | 2022-05-04 | Menard Correctional Center |
| Brandon S. Taylor | AGG FLEEING POLICE/21 MPH OVER | 2022-05-11 | Graham Correctional Center |
| Jakob S. Jones | AID/ABET/POSS/SELL STOLEN VEH | 2022-05-11 | Shawnee Correctional Center |
| Darnell A. Maxey | ARMED HABITUAL CRIMINAL | 2022-05-13 | Stateville Correctional Center |
| Billy G. Sullivan | SEX OFFENDER REGIS VIOLATION | 2022-05-26 | Robinson Correctional Center |
| Amber Crowther | POSS OF METH < 5 GRAMS | 2022-06-03 | Decatur Correctional Center |
| Tywannia Moses | POSSESSION OF METH/5<15 GRA | 2022-06-15 | Illinois River Correctional Center |
| Jesse Glover | METH DELIVERY<5 GRAMS | 2022-06-24 | Graham Correctional Center |
| Cameron Sargent | MANU/DEL 01-15 GRAMS COCAINE | 2022-06-26 | Graham Correctional Center |
| June Patterson | MANU/DEL OTHER NON-NARCOTIC SCHED I&II | 2022-06-28 | Decatur Correctional Center |
| Aaron W. Lockhart | POSS AMT CON SUB EXCEPT(A)/(D) | 2022-06-29 | Graham Correctional Center |
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