Metro East Sun

There are 16 inmates sentenced in St. Clair County set to be released from jail in May, according to the Illinois Department of Corrections.

Gerrodo Forrest, who served the longest sentence among them, spent more than 29 years incarcerated for an offense recorded as 'murder with the intent to kill or injure'.

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
Brandon Lee	AGG BATTERY/GREAT BODILY HARM	05/03/2025	Vandalia Correctional Center
Teddy Weil	AGG DUI/ACCIDENT/DEATH	05/04/2025	Stateville Correctional Center
Marcus D. Griffin	UUW-FELON POSS/USE FIREARM PRIOR	05/06/2025	Lincoln Correctional Center
Richard Lopez	ATTEMPT VEHICULAR HIJACKING	05/08/2025	Sheridan Correctional Center
Tyrice Jackson	PRED CRIM SEX ASSLAUT/VICTIM <13	05/08/2025	Taylorville Correctional Center
Corey Alberty	UUW-FELON POSS/USE WEAPON/FIREARM	05/14/2025	Menard Correctional Center
Aaron L. Jackson	AGG ROBBERY/INDICATE ARM W/FIR	05/16/2025	Centralia Correctional Center
Richard D. Brown	UUW-FELON POSS/USE FIREARM PRIOR	05/16/2025	Vienna Correctional Center
Alan Chartrand	UUW-FELON POSS/USE FIREARM PRIOR	05/16/2025	Hill Correctional Center
Gerrodo Forrest	MURDER/INTENT TO KILL/INJURE	05/17/2025	Pinckneyville Correctional Center
Maximillion Williams	AGG DISCHARGE FIREARM/OCC VEH	05/18/2025	Shawnee Correctional Center
George L. Ross	PRED CRIM SEX ASSLAUT/VICTIM <13	05/20/2025	Taylorville Correctional Center
Marlisia Younger	DOMESTIC BATTERY/BODILY HARM	05/20/2025	Logan Correctional Center
Daniel Bosick	AGG DUI/3	05/22/2025	Lincoln Correctional Center
Ashley Roever	AGG DUI/DEATH OF ANOTHER	05/25/2025	Decatur Correctional Center