Justin Hammers, Chief of Operations at IDOC | Illinois Department of Corrections oficial website
Justin Hammers, Chief of Operations at IDOC | Illinois Department of Corrections oficial website
Dequan Pope, who served the longest sentence among them, spent more than five years incarcerated for an offense recorded as 'aggravated discharge of a firearm'.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Beckwood | AGGRAVATED BATTERY/STRANGLE | 07/03/2025 | Stateville Correctional Center |
| Michael N. Collins | FAIL REPORT ACCIDENT/DEATH/INJURY | 07/03/2025 | Taylorville Correctional Center |
| Lavalle D. Hill | MANU/DISTRIB LOOK-ALIKE SUB | 07/11/2025 | Lincoln Correctional Center |
| Cortez Sinclair | UUW-FELON POSS/USE WEAPON/FIREARM | 07/14/2025 | Pontiac Correctional Center |
| Keith A. Woodruff | AGG BATTERY/USE DEADLY WEAPON | 07/17/2025 | Lincoln Correctional Center |
| Dequan Pope | AGG DISCHARGE FIREARM/OCC VEH | 07/19/2025 | Danville Correctional Center |
| Dominic Melton | ATTEMPT CHILD PORN/SOL/CHILD/APPEAR | 07/24/2025 | Taylorville Correctional Center |
| Michael J. Rodgers-Pizano | UUW-FELON POSS/USE FIREARM PRIOR | 07/25/2025 | Danville Correctional Center |
| Cortez Simms | AGG UNLAWFUL USE OF WEAPON/VEH | 07/25/2025 | Vandalia Correctional Center |
| Germar T. Simington | AGG BATTERY/GREAT BODILY HARM | 07/31/2025 | Robinson Correctional Center |
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