Lake County Gazette

There are four inmates sentenced in Lake County set to be released from jail during the week ending June 14, according to the Illinois Department of Corrections.

In total, four men are set to be released over this period. Tyrone D. Watt, who served the longest sentence among them, spent 15 years incarcerated for an offense recorded as 'aggravated kidnaping/ransom'.

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.

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.

Name	Offense	Supervised Release Date	Holding Facility
Rory Bowers	Agg robbery/Indicate arm w/Fir	06/09/2025	East Moline Correctional Center
Kristopher L. Chatman	Agg dui/4	06/11/2025	Lincoln Correctional Center
Jonathan M. Raygoza	Agg battery/Great bodily harm	06/11/2025	Menard Correctional Center
Tyrone D. Watt	Aggravated kidnaping/Ransom	06/12/2025	Vienna Correctional Center