Rockford Sun

There are 20 inmates sentenced in Winnebago County set to be released from prison in September, according to the Illinois Department of Corrections.

Stephen R. Winters, who served the longest sentence among them, spent more than eight years incarcerated for an offense recorded as 'vehicular hijacking'.

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 one year to the rest of someone’s life.

Name	Offense	Supervised Release Date	Holding Facility
Stephanie I. Smith	THEFT $300<$10,000	09/01/2025	Logan Correctional Center
Jacklynn Brent	AGG ROBBERY/INDICATE ARM W/FIR	09/02/2025	Logan Correctional Center
Abagar Mendoza	MANU/DEL 01-15 GRAMS COCAINE	09/03/2025	Stateville Correctional Center
Lyndell K. Boone	AGG DISCHARGE FIREARM/OCC VEH	09/03/2025	Illinois River Correctional Center
Aaron C. Watson	UUW-FELON POSS/USE WEAPON/FIREARM	09/09/2025	Lincoln Correctional Center
Stephen R. Winters	VEHICULAR HIJACKING	09/10/2025	Dixon Correctional Center
Adrian Ryder	AGG CRIM SEX ABUSE/<5 YR VIC	09/12/2025	Shawnee Correctional Center
Malenkai J. Brown	UUW-FELON POSS/USE FIREARM PRIOR	09/16/2025	Illinois River Correctional Center
Andres E. Dejesus	UUW-FELON POSS/USE FIREARM PRIOR	09/16/2025	Vienna Correctional Center
Jawon Diggs	AGG ROBBERY/INDICATE ARM W/FIR	09/18/2025	Shawnee Correctional Center
Addontis Mitchell	BURGLARY	09/23/2025	Vienna Correctional Center
Skylar Osterberg	AGG BATTERY/PREGNANT/HANDICAPPED	09/23/2025	Stateville Correctional Center
Jason L. Cauthen	FAIL REGIS/NEW REDIS/SCH/2ND+	09/25/2025	Taylorville Correctional Center
Richard D. Johnson	ATT RECEIVE/POSS/SELL STOLEN VEH	09/26/2025	Sheridan Correctional Center
Don Williams	SEX OFF FAIL REGISTER NEW RESIDENCE	09/27/2025	Big Muddy River Correctional Center
Willis Mitchell	ROBBERY/VIC HANDICAP OR 60+ YR	09/28/2025	Shawnee Correctional Center
Denzel M. Henson	ATTEMPT POSS MANU CHEM/<15 GRAMS METH	09/28/2025	Stateville Correctional Center
Daivon D. White	POSS FIREARM/FOID NO ISSUE/NO ELIG	09/28/2025	Lincoln Correctional Center
Amair Davis	UUW-FELON POSS/USE WEAPON/FIREARM	09/29/2025	Dixon Correctional Center
Alunta M. Singleton	BURGLARY	09/30/2025	East Moline Correctional Center