Dupage Policy Journal

There are five inmates sentenced in Dupage County set to be released from jail during the week ending July 12, according to the Illinois Department of Corrections.

In total, five men are set to be released over this period. Jackie D. Dunklin, who served the longest sentence among them, spent eight years incarcerated for an offense recorded as 'drug induced homicide'.

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.

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.

Name	Offense	Supervised Release Date	Holding Facility
Felipe Vera	Driving rvk/Susp dui/Sss 4-9	07/06/2025	Stateville Correctional Center
Edgar Aguirre	Ret theft/Disp merch/<$300/Prev conv	07/07/2025	Shawnee Correctional Center
Andray L. McClain	Poss 15>100 gr ecstasy/Analog	07/09/2025	Big Muddy River Correctional Center
Shaquille J. Ware	Agg uuw/On person	07/10/2025	Vandalia Correctional Center
Jackie D. Dunklin	Drug induced homicide	07/11/2025	Stateville Correctional Center