Justin Hammers, Chief of Operations at IDOC | Illinois Department of Corrections oficial website
Justin Hammers, Chief of Operations at IDOC | Illinois Department of Corrections oficial website
The inmate being released that served the longest time was Edward A. Milka for murder in the commission of a felony. Edward A. Milka spent more than 27 years incarcerated.
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.
Another study by the Prison Policy Initiative highlighted that the number of unconvicted individuals was more than two times higher than that of convicted individuals, possibly one of the leading causes of prison population growth in the state.
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 |
---|---|---|---|
Austin Gehrke | Threaten public official | 04/01/2025 | Taylorville Correctional Center |
Norman Brown | Possess 15<100 grams cocaine | 04/04/2025 | Western Illinois Correctional Center |
Jonathan B. Sawyer | Possess 15<100 grams cocaine | 04/09/2025 | Stateville Correctional Center |
Mardoqueo Vasquez-Ortiz | Crim sex assault/Force | 04/09/2025 | Taylorville Correctional Center |
Matthew D. Looper | Dom btry/Bod harm/4+ pri conv | 04/13/2025 | Vienna Correctional Center |
Jennifer F. Moffat | Forgery /Make or alter document | 04/20/2025 | Logan Correctional Center |
Kishaun Davis | Uuw-felon poss/Use weapon/Firearm | 04/21/2025 | Vandalia Correctional Center |
Matthew S. Zeis | Agg dui/3rd+ | 04/21/2025 | Lincoln Correctional Center |
Zachary Herman | Agg domestic battery/Strangle | 04/21/2025 | Stateville Correctional Center |
Thomas C. Wilson | Possess 15<100 grams cocaine | 05/01/2025 | Illinois River Correctional Center |
Brody Coudal | Poss amt con sub except(a)/(d) | 05/05/2025 | Vandalia Correctional Center |
Gregory A. Williams | Forgery/Issue/Deliver document | 05/06/2025 | Stateville Correctional Center |
Mitchell A. Thompsen | Agg aslt peace off/Fire/Er wrk | 05/10/2025 | Lincoln Correctional Center |
Timothy Ritchie | Burglary | 05/19/2025 | Lincoln Correctional Center |
Kenneth A. Sabaj | Driving w/ revoke/Suspend license 2nd+ | 05/23/2025 | Stateville Correctional Center |
Juwan Garrett | Ret theft/Disp merch/>$300 | 05/27/2025 | Big Muddy River Correctional Center |
Alexander T. Campos | Residential arson | 06/01/2025 | Sheridan Correctional Center |
Migue Hernandez-Solorzano | Attempt murder/Intent to kill/Injure | 06/01/2025 | Stateville Correctional Center |
Marco A. Gomez | Possess 15<100 grams cocaine | 06/07/2025 | Sheridan Correctional Center |
Michael E. Ueck | Agg dui/4th/Lic susp or revoked | 06/10/2025 | Lincoln Correctional Center |
Edward A. Milka | Murder/Other forcible felony | 06/12/2025 | Hill Correctional Center |
Roman Castro | Mfg/Del 100<400 gr hero/Anlg | 06/17/2025 | Danville Correctional Center |
Robert Ganske | Agg dui/4 | 06/18/2025 | Stateville Correctional Center |
Christopher Cooper | Crim sex aslt/Family member<18 | 06/22/2025 | Taylorville Correctional Center |
Austin M. Billa | Pred crim sex asslaut/Victim <13 | 06/28/2025 | Big Muddy River Correctional Center |
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