Metro East Sun

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

Dane C. Chastain, who served the longest sentence among them, spent more than 10 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
Amber L. Hampshire	Involuntary manslaughter involving family	05/01/2025	Logan Correctional Center
Dane C. Chastain	Sex crime	05/02/2025	Taylorville Correctional Center
Joseph M. Minks	Possession of meth, under five grams	05/10/2025	Shawnee Correctional Center
Stevie Piper	Meth delivery under 5 grams	05/15/2025	Big Muddy River Correctional Center
Raishaunta I. Duncan	Attempted aggravated discharge of a firearm at a vehicle	05/15/2025	Logan Correctional Center
Tanner A. Moxey	Domestic battery	05/25/2025	Lincoln Correctional Center
Corrionte Cotton	Aggravated domestic battery involving strangulation	05/28/2025	Pinckneyville Correctional Center