The inmate being released that served the longest time was Gregory Couch for predatory criminal sexual assault. Gregory Couch spent more than 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gregory Couch | predatory criminal sexual assault | 2021-07-09 | Big Muddy River Correctional Center |
| Randy Turner | predatory criminal sexual assault | 2021-07-13 | Dixon Correctional Center |
| Brian Koncan | Theft | 2021-07-21 | Centralia Correctional Center |
| Pierre L. Abraham | domestic battery causing bodily harm or 4 plus prior convictions | 2021-07-26 | Centralia Correctional Center |
| Steven McMillan | theft | 2021-08-01 | Vandalia Correctional Center |
| Jasmine N. Singleton | Theft | 2021-08-18 | Decatur Correctional Center |
| Erik Degnan-Schmidt | aggravated battery on a child under 13 causing great bodily harm | 2021-08-24 | Vandalia Correctional Center |
| Ryan Dechant | aggravated battery causing great bodily harm | 2021-08-27 | Vandalia Correctional Center |
| Daniel Hawkins | manufacturing or delivery of 1-15 grams of cocaine | 2021-09-06 | Pontiac Correctional Center |
| Matthew Kus | child pornography | 2021-09-17 | Robinson Correctional Center |
| Justin Giles | intimidation | 2021-09-22 | Vandalia Correctional Center |
| Brandon C. West | aggravated fleeing police | 2021-09-29 | Vandalia Correctional Center |
| Vincent C. Miller | aiding with the possession or selling of a stolen vehicle | 2021-09-30 | Jacksonville Correctional Center |
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