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Lake County Gazette

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Lake County will have three inmates sentenced in its jurisdiction released during week ending June 25

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There are three inmates sentenced to jail in Lake County set to be released from the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections during the week ending June 25.

The inmate being released who served the longest time was Luis A. MacHuca-Romero for aggravated criminal sexual abuse, victim under 13. Luis A. MacHuca-Romero spent more than seven 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 one year to the rest of someone’s life.

Inmates being released who were sentenced in Lake County
NameOffenseSupervised Release DateHolding Facility
Jesus Pilarte SuarezARMED ROBBERY/NO FIREARM2022-06-19Danville Correctional Center
Andrew C. WikoffATT DRUG-INDUCED HOMICIDE2022-06-22Shawnee Correctional Center
Luis A. MacHuca-RomeroAGG CRIM SEX ABUSE/VICTIM <132022-06-25Centralia Correctional Center

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