South Central Reporter

There are nine inmates sentenced in Christian County set to be released from prison during the third quarter of 2025, according to the Illinois Department of Corrections.

The inmate being released that served the longest time was Anthony B. Hubbard for predatory criminal sexual assault. Anthony B. Hubbard spent more than 17 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
Matthew G. Beck	Escape/Violate elec monitoring	07/04/2025	Shawnee Correctional Center
Anthony B. Hubbard	Predatory criminal sexual assault	07/08/2025	Illinois River Correctional Center
Anthony D. Benavides	Crim dmg to prop $300-10000	07/27/2025	Lincoln Correctional Center
Lynn Norris	Ret theft/Disp merch/<$300/Prev conv	08/13/2025	Logan Correctional Center
Michael Droke	Meth delivery<5 grams	08/17/2025	Southwestern Illinois Correctional Center
Jared R. Bartimus	Meth delivery<5 grams	08/24/2025	Illinois River Correctional Center
Nathaniel Z. Bain	Burglary	09/08/2025	Stateville Correctional Center
Debbie S. Pfeffer	Burglary	09/10/2025	Logan Correctional Center
David A. Crutcher	Agg crim sex ab/Vic <18/Family	09/14/2025	Vienna Correctional Center