Alyssa Williams, Assistant Director at IDOC | Illinois Department of Corrections oficial website
Alyssa Williams, Assistant Director at IDOC | Illinois Department of Corrections oficial website
The inmate being released that served the longest time was Richard Powell for second degree murder. Richard Powell spent more than nine 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shurron A. Passmore | Possession of meth/900+ gr | 07/04/2025 | Stateville Correctional Center |
| Joshua L. Skelly | Agg stalking/Vio rest order | 07/05/2025 | Southwestern Illinois Correctional Center |
| David P. Shy | Agg battery/Great bodily harm | 07/15/2025 | Pontiac Correctional Center |
| Tuesday M. Solpietro | Possession of meth< 5 grams | 07/16/2025 | Logan Correctional Center |
| James D. Brown | Possession of meth/15<100 grams | 08/02/2025 | Danville Correctional Center |
| Samuel L. Yates | Burglary | 08/02/2025 | Danville Correctional Center |
| Randall D. McBride | Fraud use cr/Debit card/>$150 | 08/10/2025 | Lincoln Correctional Center |
| Richard Powell | Murder/2nd degree/Unreason | 08/10/2025 | Menard Correctional Center |
| Bobby J. Ellet | Agg discharge firearm/Occ veh | 08/23/2025 | Vienna Correctional Center |
| Tevin D. Kirby | Agg discharge firearm/Occ veh | 09/05/2025 | Illinois River Correctional Center |
| Mylena G. Fruits | Arson | 09/22/2025 | Logan Correctional Center |
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