The inmate being released that served the longest time was Roger L. Rainey for a sex crime. Roger L. Rainey spent more than eight 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marquise N. Shaw | residential burglary | 2021-07-02 | Centralia Correctional Center |
| Ramon Colon-Melendez | possession of a controlled substance | 2021-07-04 | Graham Correctional Center |
| Steven E. Easley | domestic battery | 2021-07-11 | Vandalia Correctional Center |
| Cecil A. Parr | felony possession or use of a firearm (with a firearm prior) | 2021-07-12 | Graham Correctional Center |
| Joshua D. Havens | felony possession or use of a firearm (with a firearm prior) | 2021-07-14 | Vandalia Correctional Center |
| Jess Nolting Jr. | sex offender registration violation | 2021-07-25 | Taylorville Correctional Center |
| Benjamin D. Rebman | possession of meth, under five grams | 2021-08-07 | Jacksonville Correctional Center |
| Cory A. Gray | possession of meth, under five grams | 2021-08-09 | Southwestern Illinois Correctional Center |
| Perry Handy Jr. | manufacturing or delivery of a schedule 1 or 2 narcotic | 2021-08-10 | Vandalia Correctional Center |
| Melissa M. Northcutt | obstruction of justice | 2021-08-18 | Decatur Correctional Center |
| Gerald D. Jackson | manufacturing or delivery of 1-15 grams of cocaine | 2021-09-02 | Hill Correctional Center |
| Roger L. Rainey | sex crime | 2021-09-04 | Taylorville Correctional Center |
| Dustin M. Thompson | possession of meth manufacturing material | 2021-09-07 | Big Muddy River Correctional Center |
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