The inmate being released that served the longest time was Jacob Blake for aggravated criminal sexual assault with force, victim between 9-13. Jacob Blake spent more than 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Blake | aggravated criminal sexual assault with force, victim between 9-13 | 2021-04-05 | Centralia Correctional Center |
| Edward A. Owen Jr. | aggravated DUI | 2021-04-05 | Stateville Correctional Center |
| Jermaine D. Smith | aggravated criminal sexual abuse, victim between 13-16 | 2021-04-06 | Jacksonville Correctional Center |
| Reginald E. King | aggravated domestic battery involving strangulation | 2021-04-07 | Vandalia Correctional Center |
| Joseph Varble | predatory criminal sexual assault | 2021-04-08 | Graham Correctional Center |
| Aboymi J. Shaw | aggravated robbery | 2021-04-09 | Sheridan Correctional Center |
| Zephaniah Washington | aggravated domestic battery involving strangulation | 2021-04-10 | Sheridan Correctional Center |
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