Rockford Sun

There are eight inmates sentenced in Boone County set to be released from jail in May, according to the Illinois Department of Corrections.

Higinio Osorio Huerta, who served the longest sentence among them, spent more than eight years incarcerated for an offense recorded as 'sex crime'.

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 jail growth in the state.

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
Lionel G. Rangel	Driving with a revoked or suspended license	05/02/2025	Lincoln Correctional Center
Higinio Osorio Huerta	Sex crime	05/07/2025	East Moline Correctional Center
Jose Nava Valdez	Aggravated dui	05/15/2025	Danville Correctional Center
Elena Cardona	Aggravated dui	05/15/2025	Decatur Correctional Center
Ishmael Sanchez-Vargas	Possession of a controlled substance	05/24/2025	Illinois River Correctional Center
Rolando M. Villa	Aggravated dui	05/24/2025	Danville Correctional Center
Patricia Taylor	Possession of a controlled substance	05/25/2025	Logan Correctional Center
Deandre O. Mitchell	Aggravated fleeing police	05/26/2025	Centralia Correctional Center