Lake County Gazette

There are four inmates sentenced in Lake County set to be released from prison during the week ending Aug. 30, according to the Illinois Department of Corrections.

In total, three men and one woman are set to be released over this period.

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
Leonard Brady	Predatory criminal sexual assault	08/27/2025	Vienna Correctional Center
Jerome J. Thompson	Agg battery/Use deadly weapon	08/28/2025	Lincoln Correctional Center
Carlos J. Morales-Vargas	Possess 15<100 grams cocaine	08/29/2025	Lincoln Correctional Center
Gabriella Pollari	Identity theft/Knows id stolen	08/29/2025	Logan Correctional Center