Illinois Valley Times

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

Namos T. Loving, who served the longest sentence among them, spent more than three years incarcerated for an offense recorded as 'domestic battery causing bodily harm'.

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
Xavier A. Bennett	Residential burglary	09/02/2025	Big Muddy River Correctional Center
Guy E. Stanford	Sex offender registration violation	09/03/2025	Taylorville Correctional Center
Namos T. Loving	Domestic battery causing bodily harm	09/05/2025	Western Illinois Correctional Center
Becky J. Tunget	Manufacturing or delivery of 15-100 grams of cocaine	09/15/2025	Decatur Correctional Center
Justin T. Westerhold	Aggravated battery	09/30/2025	Dixon Correctional Center