Lake County Gazette

There are 20 inmates sentenced in Lake County set to be released from jail in April, according to the Illinois Department of Corrections.

Joseph R. Dalton, who served the longest sentence among them, spent more than 17 years incarcerated for an offense recorded as 'predatory criminal sexual assault'.

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 jail 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
Luis S. Melendez	UUW-FELON POSS/USE FIREARM PRIOR	04/02/2025	Lincoln Correctional Center
Shontel D. Moment	AGG DUI/LIC SUSP OR REVOKED	04/08/2025	Lincoln Correctional Center
Calvin McClinton	AGG UNLAWFUL USE OF WEAPON/VEH	04/09/2025	Vienna Correctional Center
Jayrell Gaines	UUW-FELON POSS/USE FIREARM PRIOR	04/10/2025	Stateville Correctional Center
James E. Ford	UUW-FELON POSS/USE WEAPON/FIREARM	04/12/2025	Stateville Correctional Center
Stefon R. Hunter	DOMESTIC BATTERY/PHY CONTACT/2ND+	04/13/2025	Robinson Correctional Center
Jermarcus Miller	AGG BATTERY/GREAT BODILY HARM	04/13/2025	Western Illinois Correctional Center
Adam B. Dokes Jr.	AGG UUW/VEH/FIR LOADED/NO FOID	04/14/2025	Stateville Correctional Center
Joseph R. Dalton	PREDATORY CRIMINAL SEXUAL ASSAULT	04/15/2025	Taylorville Correctional Center
Craig D. Rice	AGG FLEEING/2+ DISOBEY TRAFFIC DEVICES	04/16/2025	Pinckneyville Correctional Center
Phoenix X. Miller	AGG DUI/GREAT BODILY HARM	04/17/2025	Pinckneyville Correctional Center
Jose Zavala	AGG FLEEING POLICE/21 MPH OVER	04/18/2025	Lincoln Correctional Center
Juan Gomez	UUW-FELON POSS/USE WEAPON/FIREARM	04/19/2025	Vienna Correctional Center
Floyd G. Shackleford	DUI/SCHOOL BUS DRIVER	04/22/2025	Sheridan Correctional Center
Nicholas S. Payne-Chapa	CRIM TRES TO RES/PERS PRESENT	04/25/2025	Vandalia Correctional Center
Andrew Lopez-Zereno	AGG UNLAWFUL USE OF WEAPON/VEH	04/26/2025	Lincoln Correctional Center
Naphtaly Amaro	DOMESTIC BATTERY/BODILY HARM	04/29/2025	Stateville Correctional Center
Jafrai Bradshaw	ARMED ROBBERY/NO FIREARM	04/30/2025	Stateville Correctional Center
Christopher D. Bradin	VIO ORDER/PRIOR VIO OF ORDER	04/30/2025	Jacksonville Correctional Center
Raymond Latimore	DOMESTIC BATTERY/ CONTACT/PRIOR	04/30/2025	Stateville Correctional Center