McLean County Times

There are four inmates sentenced in McLean 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. Edward Harper, who served the longest sentence among them, spent four years incarcerated for an offense recorded as 'indecent sol/preditory/agg sex'.

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
Austin Leininger	Possession of stolen firearm	08/24/2025	Illinois River Correctional Center
Antoinette Avant	Ret theft/Disp merch/>$300	08/25/2025	Logan Correctional Center
Edward Harper	Indecent sol/Preditory/Agg sex	08/26/2025	Taylorville Correctional Center
Andrew Pinkston III	Domestic battery/Phy contact/2nd+	08/29/2025	Lincoln Correctional Center