Latoya Hughes Director of Illinois Department of Corrections | Official website
Latoya Hughes Director of Illinois Department of Corrections | Official website
Shelly R. Markin, who served the longest sentence among them, spent more than seven years incarcerated for an offense recorded as 'aggravated DUI causing death'.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devin Carlson | Residential burglary | 06/05/2025 | Big Muddy River Correctional Center |
| Ronald E. Harris III | Burglary without causing damage | 06/06/2025 | Lincoln Correctional Center |
| Laderrius Gamble | Aggravated domestic battery involving strangulation | 06/07/2025 | Vandalia Correctional Center |
| Robert D. Wilson Jr. | Manufacturing or delivery of 15-100 grams of cocaine | 06/12/2025 | Sheridan Correctional Center |
| Shelly R. Markin | Aggravated dui causing death | 06/21/2025 | Decatur Correctional Center |
| Evan C. Bodeen | Domestic battery causing bodily harm | 06/28/2025 | Jacksonville Correctional Center |
| Riley Eves | Manufacturing or delivery of 1-15 grams of cocaine | 06/28/2025 | Jacksonville Correctional Center |
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