Chambana Sun

There are 22 inmates sentenced in Champaign County set to be released from prison in September, according to the Illinois Department of Corrections.

Jason Johnson, who served the longest sentence among them, spent more than 26 years incarcerated for an offense recorded as 'murder with the intent to kill or injure'.

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 prison population 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
Nicholas A. Joyce	DOMESTIC BATTERY/BODILY HARM	09/01/2025	Stateville Correctional Center
Justin E. Cavette	UUW-FELON POSS/USE FIREARM PRIOR	09/05/2025	Stateville Correctional Center
Cornelius Freeman	MURDER/2ND DEGREE MURDER	09/06/2025	Vienna Correctional Center
Deric D. Alford	AGG BATTERY/GREAT BODILY HARM	09/07/2025	Pinckneyville Correctional Center
Julian L. Hoban	POSS AMT CON SUB EXCEPT(A)/(D)	09/09/2025	Lincoln Correctional Center
Tarrio T. Smith	UUW-FELON POSS/USE FIREARM PRIOR	09/11/2025	Danville Correctional Center
Robert Hunter	UUW-FELON POSS/USE WEAPON/FIREARM	09/15/2025	Western Illinois Correctional Center
Amario D. Turner	UUW-FELON POSS/USE FIREARM PRIOR	09/17/2025	Illinois River Correctional Center
John C. Foster Jr.	UUW-FELON POSS/USE WEAPON/FIREARM	09/21/2025	Lincoln Correctional Center
Malik B. Chapple	AGG BATTERY/PUBLIC PLACE	09/22/2025	Sheridan Correctional Center
Cortez W. Potts	AGG BATTERY/GREAT BODILY HARM	09/24/2025	Vienna Correctional Center
Salatheo L. Allen	DOM BTRY/CONTACT/3 PRIOR CONV	09/24/2025	Shawnee Correctional Center
Armenious T. Griham	BURGLARY	09/25/2025	Jacksonville Correctional Center
Jason Johnson	MURDER/INTENT TO KILL/INJURE	09/26/2025	Illinois River Correctional Center
Leonel Galaviz-Galaviz	METH DELIVERY/900+ GR	09/26/2025	Stateville Correctional Center
Michael Anderson	UUW-FELON POSS/USE FIREARM PRIOR	09/26/2025	Lincoln Correctional Center
Kevin J. Kryzanski	AGG CRIM SEX ABUSE/<5 YR VIC	09/27/2025	Taylorville Correctional Center
Landon J. Hinkle	UUW-FELON POSS/USE WEAPON/FIREARM	09/27/2025	Vienna Correctional Center
Soto Francisco	AGG DUI/3	09/29/2025	Stateville Correctional Center
Antonio P. Samuels	UUW-FELON POSS/USE FIREARM PRIOR	09/30/2025	Centralia Correctional Center
Marcedell P. Washington	RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY	09/30/2025	Shawnee Correctional Center
Guillermo Vazquez-Heredia	UUW-FELON POSS/USE WEAPON/FIREARM	09/30/2025	Robinson Correctional Center