Chambana Sun

There are eight inmates sentenced in Champaign County set to be released from jail in March, according to the Illinois Department of Corrections.

Kwenton Palmer Smith, who served the longest sentence among them, spent more than 12 years incarcerated for manu/del 900+ grams cocaine.

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 one year to the rest of someone’s life.

Name	Offense	Supervised Release Date	Holding Facility
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