Macon Reporter

There are 16 inmates sentenced in Macon County set to be released from prison in September, according to the Illinois Department of Corrections.

Leondus D. Carter, who served the longest sentence among them, spent more than 26 years incarcerated for an offense recorded as 'murder knowing there was a strong probability of death or injury'.

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
Casey K. Easterling	DOM BTRY/BOD HARM/3 PRECONV	09/03/2025	Centralia Correctional Center
Jamarlin L. Porter	MANU/DEL 100<400 GRAMS COCAINE	09/03/2025	Stateville Correctional Center
Leondus D. Carter	MURDER/STRONG PROB KILL/INJURE	09/04/2025	Stateville Correctional Center
Tamajhe Adams	ARMED HABITUAL CRIMINAL	09/07/2025	Lawrence Correctional Center
Traevon C. Binkley	DOMESTIC BATTERY/BODILY HARM	09/08/2025	Lincoln Correctional Center
Dustin E. Nihiser	UUW-FELON POSS/USE FIREARM PRIOR	09/09/2025	Graham Correctional Center
James A. Wills Jr.	PRED CRIM SEX ASSLAUT/VICTIM <13	09/13/2025	Big Muddy River Correctional Center
Cody A. Smith	AGG DUI/LIC SUSP OR REVOKED	09/16/2025	Graham Correctional Center
Tony Tyus	RET THEFT/DISP MERCH/<$300/PREV CONV	09/17/2025	Robinson Correctional Center
Donye A. Lane	BURGLARY	09/18/2025	Lincoln Correctional Center
Buster E. Junior	AGG DOMESTIC BATTERY/STRANGLE	09/19/2025	Illinois River Correctional Center
Wallace A. Weaver	UUW-FELON POSS/USE WEAPON/FIREARM	09/20/2025	Lincoln Correctional Center
Torrence O. Fitzpatrick	DOMESTIC BATTERY/BODILY HARM	09/21/2025	Lincoln Correctional Center
Nicholas J. Hollgarth	UUW-FELON POSS/USE WEAPON/FIREARM	09/28/2025	Lincoln Correctional Center
Kevin M. Smith	UUW-FELON POSS/USE WEAPON/FIREARM	09/28/2025	Lincoln Correctional Center
Kyle Escoe	AGG UNLAWFUL USE OF WEAPON/VEH	09/28/2025	Graham Correctional Center