April: 10 inmates sentenced in Will County to be released

Justin Hammers, Chief of Operations at IDOC | Illinois Department of Corrections oficial website

By Will County Gazette

Mar 21, 2025

There are 10 inmates sentenced in Will County set to be released from jail in April, according to the Illinois Department of Corrections.

Sean A. Rathe, who served the longest sentence among them, spent more than two years incarcerated for an offense recorded as 'volun mansl/negl-death another'.

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.

Inmates Sentenced in Will County Scheduled for Release in April

Name	Offense	Supervised Release Date	Holding Facility
Gabriel Alvarez	UUW-FELON POSS/USE FIREARM PRIOR	04/01/2025	Centralia Correctional Center
Jacob A. Pitts	UUW-FELON POSS/USE WEAPON/FIREARM	04/01/2025	Vienna Correctional Center
Natalio Castillo	UUW-FELON POSS/USE WEAPON/FIREARM	04/02/2025	Lincoln Correctional Center
Tiana Berkey	MANU/DEL 01-15 GRAMS COCAINE	04/04/2025	Decatur Correctional Center
Sean A. Rathe	VOLUN MANSL/NEGL-DEATH ANOTHER	04/06/2025	Shawnee Correctional Center
Ronnie C. Morgan	DRIVING W/ SUSPEND/REVOKE LICENSE 4-9	04/12/2025	Lincoln Correctional Center
Mario S. Rubio III	TRAVELING TO MEET A MINOR	04/19/2025	Taylorville Correctional Center
Tamica Neal	AGGRAVATED CRUELTY TO ANIMALS	04/20/2025	Logan Correctional Center
Nathaniel R. Walker	THEFT <$300 PRIOR	04/22/2025	Vandalia Correctional Center
Booker T. Pierce	UUW-FELON POSS/USE WEAPON/FIREARM	04/29/2025	Shawnee Correctional Center