Kane County Reporter

There are five inmates sentenced in Kane County set to be released from jail during the week ending July 26, according to the Illinois Department of Corrections.

In total, five men are set to be released over this period. Ricardo Barragan-Ojeda, who served the longest sentence among them, spent six years incarcerated for an offense recorded as 'manufacturing or delivery of 100-400 grams of cocaine'.

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
James de la Rosa	Meth delivery of 15-100 grams	07/22/2025	Shawnee Correctional Center
Quentin Jordan	Felony possession or use of a firearm (with a firearm prior)	07/22/2025	Vienna Correctional Center
Sean R. Horak	Aggravated domestic battery involving strangulation	07/24/2025	Dixon Correctional Center
Alejandro Junco	Drug induced homicide	07/25/2025	Stateville Correctional Center
Ricardo Barragan-Ojeda	Manufacturing or delivery of 100-400 grams of cocaine	07/26/2025	Illinois River Correctional Center