Matthew Oppenhagen, who served the longest sentence among them, spent more than four years incarcerated for criminal sexual assault.
According to the Illinois Department of Corrections, Illinois spends about $45,828 a year per incarcerated person. In a 2023 study by the Prison Policy Initiative, the state's incarceration rate was at 433 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 700 per 100,000.
One of the reasons behind jail growth is how pretrial detainees are handled. Another study by the Prison Policy Initiative noted that the number of unconvicted individuals was more than two times higher than convicted individuals.
Most prison inmates are released on some condition of supervised monitoring upon reentering civilian life. This monitoring can last from one year to the rest of someone’s life.
| Name | Offense | Supervised Release Date | Holding Facility |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Marchbanks | Aggravated domestic battery involving strangulation | 01/01/2025 | East Moline Correctional Center |
| Gregory Holiday-Easley | Manufacturing or delivery of 30-500 grams of cannabis | 01/08/2025 | Lincoln Correctional Center |
| Daniel Jenkinson | Aggravated battery against an officer of the peace | 01/16/2025 | Big Muddy River Correctional Center |
| Michael D. Townsend | Aggravated dui | 01/18/2025 | Lincoln Correctional Center |
| Matthew Oppenhagen | Criminal sexual assault | 01/19/2025 | Taylorville Correctional Center |
| Kwamann D. Gholson | Aiding with the possession or selling of a stolen vehicle | 01/19/2025 | Danville Correctional Center |
| Silvestre Bernal | Domestic battery causing bodily harm | 01/20/2025 | Stateville Correctional Center |
| Carlo Yescas-Noriega | Manufacturing or delivering controlled substances | 01/26/2025 | Southwestern Illinois Correctional Center |
| Dante Terrell | Attempted aggravated discharge of a firearm at a vehicle | 01/26/2025 | Lincoln Correctional Center |
| Melissa Ryan | Manufacturing or delivery of a schedule 1 or 2 narcotic | 01/28/2025 | Logan Correctional Center |
| Undra T. Taylor | Unlawful use of a firearm, prior felon | 01/29/2025 | Lincoln Correctional Center |
| Jaime Thurnau | Driving with a revoked or suspended license | 01/30/2025 | Decatur Correctional Center |
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