Chambana Sun

There are 38 inmates sentenced in Champaign County set to be released from jail during the first quarter of 2025, according to the Illinois Department of Corrections.

The inmate being released that served the longest time was Travionte Williams for aggravated battery with a firearm. Travionte Williams spent more than 15 years incarcerated.

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.

One of the reasons behind jail growth is how pretrial detainees are handled. Another study by the Prison Policy Initiative noted that the number of unconvicted individuals was more than two times higher than convicted individuals.

Most prison inmates are released on some condition of supervised monitoring upon reentering civilian life. This monitoring can last from 1 year to the rest of someone’s life.

Name	Offense	Supervised Release Date	Holding Facility
Takario J. Greene	Agg battery/Discharge firearm	01/04/2025	Menard Correctional Center
Ashia Marshall	Agg dui/Great bodily harm	01/07/2025	Logan Correctional Center
Ladell L. Thompson	Agg unlawful use of weapon/Veh	01/09/2025	Vienna Correctional Center
Brian K. Maze	Agg battery/Use deadly weapon	01/12/2025	Big Muddy River Correctional Center
Keshawn T. Green	Threaten public official	01/12/2025	Stateville Correctional Center
Tonia M. Nolan	Aggravated battery/Victim 60+	01/14/2025	Logan Correctional Center
Davon D. McDonald	Agg crim sex abuse/<5 yr vic	01/19/2025	Taylorville Correctional Center
Robert S. Mason	Consp escape felon from penal inst	01/22/2025	Lincoln Correctional Center
Steven C. Brown	Agg dui lic susp or revoked	01/22/2025	Stateville Correctional Center
Jamario M. Cook	Uuw-felon poss/Use weapon/Firearm	01/25/2025	Vienna Correctional Center
Surrell Austin	Agg unlawful use of weapon/Veh	01/26/2025	Vandalia Correctional Center
Demonte J. Billings	Uuw-felon poss/Use weapon/Firearm	01/27/2025	Vienna Correctional Center
Marlon S. Hillsman	Domestic battery/Bodily harm	01/27/2025	Lincoln Correctional Center
Parris A. Smith	Agg battery/Public place	01/29/2025	Shawnee Correctional Center
Kenneth K. Patton Jr.	Manu/Del 15<100 grams cocaine	02/05/2025	Stateville Correctional Center
Kelvin T. Hartfield	Uuw-felon poss/Use weapon/Firearm	02/07/2025	Centralia Correctional Center
Jamarh E. Gray	Agg unlawful use of weapon/Veh	02/08/2025	Vandalia Correctional Center
Tre J. White	Uuw-felon poss/Use firearm prior	02/09/2025	Sheridan Correctional Center
Dasheem Pickens	Financial institution robbery	02/13/2025	Sheridan Correctional Center
Omarion D. Thatch	Uuw-felon poss/Use firearm prior	02/14/2025	Robinson Correctional Center
Travionte Williams	Agg battery w/Firearm/Person	02/14/2025	Dixon Correctional Center
Noah L. Tipsord	Residential burglary	02/17/2025	Stateville Correctional Center
Kenneth Taylor	Agg dui/3	02/19/2025	Southwestern Illinois Correctional Center
Justin Brown	Uuw-felon poss/Use firearm prior	02/20/2025	Jacksonville Correctional Center
Marcus D. Craig	Uuw-felon poss/Use weapon/Firearm	02/20/2025	Robinson Correctional Center
Eric W. Nash	Uuw-felon poss/Use firearm prior	02/23/2025	Jacksonville Correctional Center
Edward F. Bennett	Stalking/Person/Surveillance	02/24/2025	Illinois River Correctional Center
Curtis D. Morris	Home invasion/Danderous weap	02/27/2025	Graham Correctional Center
Devin Starkey	Communicate/Detain witness	02/28/2025	Graham Correctional Center
Robin D. Petracek	Agg battery/Peace officer	03/01/2025	Decatur Correctional Center
Derrick H. Junious	Mob action	03/05/2025	Vandalia Correctional Center
Jeffery Carter	Agg dui/3	03/07/2025	Centralia Correctional Center
Michael L. Johnson	Uuw-felon poss/Use weapon/Firearm	03/11/2025	Vienna Correctional Center
Kejuan I. Jenkins	Agg robbery/Indicate arm w/Fir	03/17/2025	Menard Correctional Center
Juan Deigo	Agg dui lic susp or revoked	03/21/2025	Vienna Correctional Center
Kwenton Palmer Smith	Manu/Del 900+ grams cocaine	03/27/2025	Illinois River Correctional Center
Terry W. Deeley	Armed robbery/No firearm	03/29/2025	Jacksonville Correctional Center