The inmate being released who served the longest time was Jermaine Jackson for murder with the intent to kill or injure. Jermaine Jackson spent more than 28 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 one year to the rest of someone’s life.
Inmates being released who were sentenced in Cook County
| Name | Offense | Supervised Release Date | Holding Facility |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ernest Milford | UUW-FELON POSS/USE FIREARM PRIOR | 2023-03-05 | Vandalia Correctional Center |
| James Riddle | VIOLENT OFF/YOUTH FAIL REGISTER IN ILLINOIS | 2023-03-05 | Pinckneyville Correctional Center |
| Kerry Stringfellow | AGG UNLAWFUL USE WEAPON/VEH/2ND | 2023-03-05 | Stateville Correctional Center |
| Marvin Williams | UUW-FELON POSS/USE FIREARM PRIOR | 2023-03-05 | Lincoln Correctional Center |
| Maurice Murray | AGGRAVATED DOMESTIC BATTERY | 2023-03-05 | Vandalia Correctional Center |
| Michael Sims | AGG UNLAWFUL USE WEAPON/VEH/2ND | 2023-03-05 | Illinois River Correctional Center |
| Raphael Harris | AGG UNLAWFUL USE OF WEAPON/VEH | 2023-03-05 | Danville Correctional Center |
| Tabitha Gordon | BURGLARY | 2023-03-05 | Decatur Correctional Center |
| Yarnell D. Todd | DRIVING W/ SUSPEND/REVOKE LICENSE 4-9 | 2023-03-05 | Vienna Correctional Center |
| Denzel Hurd | UUW-FELON POSS/USE FIREARM PRIOR | 2023-03-06 | Hill Correctional Center |
| Donnell Wyatt | AGG UNLAWFUL USE OF WEAPON/VEH | 2023-03-06 | Stateville Correctional Center |
| Jermaine Jackson | MURDER/INTENT TO KILL/INJURE | 2023-03-06 | Vienna Correctional Center |
| Karlton Brown | AGG BATTERY/MERCHANT | 2023-03-06 | Centralia Correctional Center |
| Michelle Cunningham | AGG BATTERY/USE DEADLY WEAPON | 2023-03-06 | Logan Correctional Center |
| Najee Bursey | VEHICULAR HIJACKING | 2023-03-06 | Danville Correctional Center |
| Vimell Porter | AGG UNLAWFUL USE OF WEAPON/VEH | 2023-03-06 | Vandalia Correctional Center |
| Corderro Phillips | ARMED ROBBERY/NO FIREARM | 2023-03-07 | Hill Correctional Center |
| Dandre Young | MURDER/INTENT TO KILL/INJURE | 2023-03-07 | Shawnee Correctional Center |
| Kaylor C. Smith | AGG UNLAWFUL USE OF WEAPON/VEH | 2023-03-07 | Jacksonville Correctional Center |
| Omar Matthews | AGG CRIM SEX ASSAULT/WEAPON | 2023-03-07 | Taylorville Correctional Center |
| Raul Garcia | AGG BATTERY/TRANSIT EMPLOYEE | 2023-03-07 | Big Muddy River Correctional Center |
| Sterling Boston | RECKLESS DISCH FIREARM/ENDANGERS | 2023-03-07 | Western Illinois Correctional Center |
| Christian Martin | AGG BATTERY/DISCHARGE FIREARM | 2023-03-08 | Stateville Correctional Center |
| Cornelius Williams | MURDER/INTENT TO KILL/INJURE | 2023-03-08 | East Moline Correctional Center |
| Cortez Stoner | AGG DOMESTIC BATTERY/STRANGLE | 2023-03-08 | Pinckneyville Correctional Center |
| Daquan Boyd | ARMED ROBBERY/NO FIREARM | 2023-03-08 | Danville Correctional Center |
| Jonathan Gutierrez | ATTEMPT MURDER/INTENT TO KILL/INJURE | 2023-03-08 | Jacksonville Correctional Center |
| Thomas Cleveland | POSS AMT CON SUB EXCEPT(A)/(D) | 2023-03-08 | Jacksonville Correctional Center |
| William E. Hernandez | UUW-FELON POSS/USE WEAPON/FIREARM | 2023-03-08 | Hill Correctional Center |
| Darvis R. Dennis | UUW-FELON POSS/USE FIREARM PRIOR | 2023-03-09 | Big Muddy River Correctional Center |
| Donte Champ | UUW-FELON POSS/USE FIREARM PRIOR | 2023-03-09 | Menard Correctional Center |
| Giovanni Villanueva | AGG DOMESTIC BATTERY/STRANGLE | 2023-03-09 | Lincoln Correctional Center |
| Markley D. Jenkins | MANU/DEL 1<15 GRAM FENTANYL | 2023-03-09 | Danville Correctional Center |
| Rashad Smith | AGG UUW/VEH/FIR LOADED/NO FOID | 2023-03-09 | Lincoln Correctional Center |
| Salvador Rodriguez | AGG DUI LIC SUSP OR REVOK | 2023-03-09 | Stateville Correctional Center |
| Benjamin Perkins | UUW-FELON POSS/USE FIREARM PRIOR | 2023-03-10 | Lincoln Correctional Center |
| George Penn | ATTEMPT BURGLARY | 2023-03-10 | Jacksonville Correctional Center |
| James Holmes | AID/ABET/POSS/SELL STOLEN VEH | 2023-03-10 | Western Illinois Correctional Center |
| Kelsey Garner | AGG DOMESTIC BATTERY/STRANGLE | 2023-03-10 | Jacksonville Correctional Center |
| Kristopher Freytes | AGG UNLAWFUL USE WEAPON/VEH/2ND | 2023-03-10 | Jacksonville Correctional Center |
| Atlas A. Davis | AGG UNLAWFUL USE OF WEAPON/VEH | 2023-03-11 | Jacksonville Correctional Center |
| Benjamin Esquivel | VOLUN MANSL/NEGL-DEATH ANOTHER | 2023-03-11 | Dixon Correctional Center |
| Demetrius Shields | AID/ABET/POSS/SELL STOLEN VEH | 2023-03-11 | Dixon Correctional Center |
| Jonathan Howard | UUW-FELON POSS/USE FIREARM PRIOR | 2023-03-11 | Illinois River Correctional Center |
| Khari Chilton | BURGLARY | 2023-03-11 | Sheridan Correctional Center |
| Lawrence Baggett | AGG CRIM SEX ASSAULT/BODILY HARM | 2023-03-11 | Taylorville Correctional Center |
| Michael J. Parello | AGG CRIM SEX ABUSE/<5 YR VIC | 2023-03-11 | Stateville Correctional Center |
| Victor Montoya | AGG BATTERY/DISCHARGE FIREARM | 2023-03-11 | Lincoln Correctional Center |
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