There were three inmates sentenced to jail in Perry County that will be released from the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections during the fourth quarter.
The inmate being released that served the longest time was Michael W. Tilley for criminal sexual assault of a family member. Michael W. Tilley spent more than 20 years incarcerated.
According to The Institute for Illinois’ Fiscal Sustainability, Illinois spends about $37,000 a year per incarcerated person. In a study by Prison Policy Initiative, Illinois’ incarceration rate was at 564 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 850 per 100,000.
One of the issues is how pretrial detainees are now handled. The Vera Institute of Justice noted that pretrial detainees made up 71% of the total jail population.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas R. Copple | driving with a revoked or suspended license | 2021-10-07 | Shawnee Correctional Center |
| Gerald D. Stroud | possession of meth, under five grams | 2021-10-09 | Menard Correctional Center |
| Michael W. Tilley | criminal sexual assault of a family member | 2021-11-14 | Illinois River Correctional Center |
