Kankakee Times

There are 10 inmates sentenced in Kankakee County set to be released from jail in April, according to the Illinois Department of Corrections.

Derrick Lash, who served the longest sentence among them, spent more than seven years incarcerated for an offense recorded as 'aggravated domestic battery involving strangulation'.

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
Derrick Lash	AGG DOMESTIC BATTERY/STRANGLE	04/01/2025	Jacksonville Correctional Center
Darren E. Parnell-Hodges	DOMESTIC BATTERY/BODILY HARM	04/02/2025	Stateville Correctional Center
Joshua R. Morales	AGG DOMESTIC BATTERY/STRANGLE	04/03/2025	Lawrence Correctional Center
Isaiah Drew	AGGRAVATED ROBBERY	04/08/2025	Danville Correctional Center
Teantrone D. Spivery	POSS FIREARM/FOID NO ISSUE/NO ELIG	04/09/2025	Lincoln Correctional Center
Elton L. Pendleton	CONSP MANU/DEL OTHER AMOUNT METH	04/11/2025	Robinson Correctional Center
Alfred J. Phillips	AGG UNLAWFUL USE OF WEAPON/VEH	04/12/2025	Stateville Correctional Center
Xavier Harris	OBSTRUCT JUST/DESTROY EVIDENCE	04/12/2025	Vandalia Correctional Center
Marcus A. Johnson	AGG UNLAWFUL USE OF WEAPON/VEH	04/25/2025	Stateville Correctional Center
Derik Lewis	VIO ORDER/PRIOR VIO OF ORDER	04/29/2025	Vandalia Correctional Center