Metro East Sun

There are eight inmates sentenced in Madison County set to be released from prison in August, according to the Illinois Department of Corrections.

Anthony T. Conklin, who served the longest sentence among them, spent more than six years incarcerated for an offense recorded as 'criminal sexual assault'.

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
Rondell L. Perry Jr.	ATT ARMED ROBBERY/ARMED	08/02/2025	Dixon Correctional Center
Jeffrey S. Darnell	THEFT CONTROL OF PROPERTY <$500	08/02/2025	Lincoln Correctional Center
John M. Shea	RECKLESS HOMIC/TRAFFIC CONTROL	08/05/2025	Menard Correctional Center
David A. Hallstead	POSSESSION OF METH/15<100 GRAMS	08/09/2025	Southwestern Illinois Correctional Center
Darius L. Saulberry	MANU/DEL 01-15 GRAMS COCAINE	08/15/2025	Vandalia Correctional Center
Anthony T. Conklin	CRIMINAL SEX ASSAULT/CONSENT	08/16/2025	Big Muddy River Correctional Center
Paulina M. Suess-Wahala	POSSESSION OF METH< 5 GRAMS	08/21/2025	Decatur Correctional Center
Devondre L. Mays	AGG BATTERY/USE DEADLY WEAPON	08/25/2025	Lincoln Correctional Center