The inmate being released who served the longest time was Pierre Willhite for murder with the intent to kill or injure. Pierre Willhite spent more than 28 years incarcerated.
According to The Institute for Illinois’ Fiscal Sustainability, Illinois spends about $37,000 a year per incarcerated person. In a study by Prison Policy Initiative, Illinois’ incarceration rate was at 564 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 850 per 100,000.
One of the issues is how pretrial detainees are now handled. The Vera Institute of Justice noted that pretrial detainees made up 71% of the total jail population.
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.
Inmates being released who were sentenced in Cook County
| Name | Offense | Supervised Release Date | Holding Facility |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur Phillips | POSS AMT CON SUB EXCEPT(A)/(D) | 2023-05-28 | Jacksonville Correctional Center |
| Carlos Guzman | AGG DUI LIC SUSP OR REVOKED | 2023-05-28 | Vienna Correctional Center |
| Christian Logan | UUW-FELON POSS/USE FIREARM PRIOR | 2023-05-28 | Stateville Correctional Center |
| David Peden | AGG DUI/ACCIDENT/DEATH | 2023-05-28 | Stateville Correctional Center |
| Dejuan Beal | UUW-FELON POSS/USE FIREARM PRIOR | 2023-05-28 | Dixon Correctional Center |
| Eric Pearson | SEX OFFENDER REGIS VIOLATION | 2023-05-28 | Centralia Correctional Center |
| Jamal McDaniels | AGG UUW/VEH/FIR LOADED/NO FOID | 2023-05-28 | Stateville Correctional Center |
| Jose M. Cruz | DUI/6TH | 2023-05-28 | Sheridan Correctional Center |
| Sylvester Hudson | ARMED HABITUAL CRIMINAL | 2023-05-28 | Pontiac Correctional Center |
| Vincent Smith | RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY | 2023-05-28 | Centralia Correctional Center |
| Eddie D. Thomas | DRIVING RVK/SUSP DUI/SSS 4-9 | 2023-05-29 | Stateville Correctional Center |
| Frank A. Corduan | ARMED HABITUAL CRIMINAL | 2023-05-29 | Danville Correctional Center |
| Joshua Wilson | RET THEFT/DISP MERCH/>$300 | 2023-05-29 | Dixon Correctional Center |
| Lorenzo Shorter | HOME INVASION/CAUSE INJURY | 2023-05-29 | Pinckneyville Correctional Center |
| Ryan Ruiz | PRED CRIM SEX ASSLAUT/VICTIM <13 | 2023-05-29 | Taylorville Correctional Center |
| Tracey Fellows | AGG DUI/ACCIDENT/DEATH | 2023-05-29 | Decatur Correctional Center |
| Charles Miles | RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY | 2023-05-30 | Danville Correctional Center |
| Delvin Liggins | UUW-FELON POSS/USE FIREARM PRIOR | 2023-05-30 | Pontiac Correctional Center |
| Jabari Biddings | AGG BATTERY/DISCHARGE FIREARM | 2023-05-30 | Southwestern Illinois Correctional Center |
| Lorenzo Sanchez-Cortes | PREDATORY CRIMINAL SEXUAL ASSAULT | 2023-05-30 | Illinois River Correctional Center |
| Marcus Jackson | MFG/DEL 400<900 GR HERO/ANLG | 2023-05-30 | Stateville Correctional Center |
| Alfonza M. Leslie | ATTEMPT MURDER/INTENT TO KILL/INJURE | 2023-06-01 | Western Illinois Correctional Center |
| Andrae Evans | UUW-FELON POSS/USE WEAPON/FIREARM | 2023-06-01 | Stateville Correctional Center |
| Christopher Benitez | AGG DOMESTIC BATTERY/STRANGLE | 2023-06-01 | Sheridan Correctional Center |
| Denzel Ross | UUW-FELON POSS/USE FIREARM PRIOR | 2023-06-01 | Centralia Correctional Center |
| Joseph Carter | UUW-FELON POSS/USE WEAPON/FIREARM | 2023-06-01 | Vandalia Correctional Center |
| Keith A. Walker | AGG UUW/VEH/PREV CONVICTION | 2023-06-01 | Stateville Correctional Center |
| Reginald Bryant | UUW-FELON POSS/USE WEAPON/FIREARM | 2023-06-01 | Jacksonville Correctional Center |
| Ricardo Arze | CRIM SEX ASSAULT/CANT CONSENT | 2023-06-01 | East Moline Correctional Center |
| Rickey L. Walker | UUW-FELON POSS/USE FIREARM/PAROLE | 2023-06-01 | Vandalia Correctional Center |
| Demetrius Murry | AGG DISCHARGE FIREARM/OCC VEH | 2023-06-02 | Dixon Correctional Center |
| Dontell Lawrence | AGG BATTERY/DISCHARGE FIREARM | 2023-06-02 | Stateville Correctional Center |
| Kevin Wells | AGG BATTERY/PUBLIC PLACE | 2023-06-02 | East Moline Correctional Center |
| Pierre Willhite | MURDER/INTENT TO KILL/INJURE | 2023-06-02 | Illinois River Correctional Center |
| Terell Fortson | UUW-FELON POSS/USE FIREARM PRIOR | 2023-06-02 | Vienna Correctional Center |
| Thomas E. Johnson | ARMED ROBBERY/ARMED W/FIREARM | 2023-06-02 | Stateville Correctional Center |
| Victor Pardino | PRED CRIM SEX ASSLAUT/VICTIM <13 | 2023-06-02 | Illinois River Correctional Center |
| Chamar Weeden | UUW-FELON POSS/USE FIREARM/PAROLE | 2023-06-03 | Hill Correctional Center |
| Eric Smith | POSS FIREARM W/ DEFACED SER NO | 2023-06-03 | Vienna Correctional Center |
| Johnny Adams | MANU/DEL OTHER AMT NARC SCHED I&II | 2023-06-03 | Lincoln Correctional Center |
| Kenneth Smith | POSS AMT CON SUB EXCEPT(A)/(D) | 2023-06-03 | Stateville Correctional Center |
| Levar Beecham | POSS 2ND DIVISION VEH/STOLEN | 2023-06-03 | Dixon Correctional Center |
| SeyaMacK Afzali | CRIMINAL SEXUAL ABUSE/FORCE | 2023-06-03 | Taylorville Correctional Center |
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