In total, three men and one woman are set to be released over this period. The longest-serving individual among them is a 30-year-old female convicted of aggravated discharge of a firearm in 2021.
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.
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.
One of the reasons behind jail growth is how pretrial detainees are handled. Another study by the Prison Policy Initiative noted that the number of unconvicted individuals was more than two times higher than convicted individuals.
In 2023, Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill to reform Illinois’ Mandatory Supervised Release program. The law aims to reduce recidivism and reportedly create a more effective and equitable supervision system by incentivizing education, streamlining the review process, and expanding virtual check-ins.
“Our current supervision system too often operates unfairly, with rules that make it simply a revolving door back to jail,” Pritzker said at a bill signing ceremony in Chicago. “In fact, more than 25% of people who are released from prison in Illinois end up back behind bars, not because they’re recidivists, but instead for a noncriminal technical violation.”
A 2018 report from the Illinois Sentencing Policy Advisory Council indicated that 43% of released prisoners in Illinois return to prison within three years.
| Name | Offense | Supervised Release Date | Holding Facility |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew W. Donithan | Meth delivery/15<100 grams | 01/13/2025 | Pinckneyville Correctional Center |
| Richard J. Mullins | Possess elec contraband penal inst | 01/17/2025 | Big Muddy River Correctional Center |
| Christopher A. Douglas | Uuw-felon poss/Use firearm prior | 01/17/2025 | Graham Correctional Center |
| Demarshay Garner | Agg discharge firearm/Occ veh | 01/17/2025 | Logan Correctional Center |
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