Dupage Policy Journal

There are 11 inmates sentenced in Dupage County set to be released from prison in September, according to the Illinois Department of Corrections.

Eric M. Pence, who served the longest sentence among them, spent more than 20 years incarcerated for an offense recorded as 'sex crime'.

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
Zachariah S. Grant	MANU/DEL 01-15 GRAMS COCAINE	09/02/2025	Illinois River Correctional Center
Evan C. Schmitt	ATTEMPT GUNRUNNING	09/09/2025	Vandalia Correctional Center
Gerard J. Schlaiss	AGG CRIM SEX ABUSE/VIC 13-16	09/10/2025	Illinois River Correctional Center
Anttrell Anderson	AID/ABET/POSS/SELL STOLEN VEH	09/14/2025	Vandalia Correctional Center
Russell C. Miller	AGG FLEEING POLICE/21 MPH OVER	09/16/2025	Western Illinois Correctional Center
Roberto Alcala	POSSESS 15<100 GRAMS COCAINE	09/18/2025	Danville Correctional Center
Javier Sanchez	POSS AMT CON SUB EXCEPT(A)/(D)	09/21/2025	East Moline Correctional Center
Yeik Ramirez-Alvarez	ARMED ROBBERY/ARMED W/FIREARM	09/23/2025	Danville Correctional Center
Jose L. Rodriguez	PRED CRIM SEX ASSLAUT/VICTIM <13	09/29/2025	Shawnee Correctional Center
Eric M. Pence	CRIM SEX ASSAULT/VICTIM 13-17	09/30/2025	Taylorville Correctional Center