South Central Reporter

There are eight inmates sentenced in Clinton County set to be released from prison during the second quarter of 2025, according to the Illinois Department of Corrections.

The inmate being released that served the longest time was Diego Salazar for a sex crime. Diego Salazar spent more than eight 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.

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 1 year to the rest of someone’s life.

Name	Offense	Supervised Release Date	Holding Facility
Jennifer R. Akes	Ret theft/Disp merch/<$300/Prev conv	04/11/2025	Decatur Correctional Center
Adam Jourdan	Agg uuw/Veh/Fir loaded/No foid	04/18/2025	Graham Correctional Center
Michelle Owens	Possession of meth< 5 grams	05/06/2025	Decatur Correctional Center
Stacy L. Tassallo	Possession of meth< 5 grams	05/13/2025	Decatur Correctional Center
Diego Salazar	Crim sex assault/Force	05/28/2025	Vienna Correctional Center
Dwanne A. Duke	Aggravated domestic battery	06/15/2025	Shawnee Correctional Center
Jon W. Finch	Possession of meth/5<15 gra	06/25/2025	Big Muddy River Correctional Center
Gorgeous A. Jones	Theft/False rep/<$300/Preconv	06/30/2025	Decatur Correctional Center