Former Illinois Governor Ryan set to leave jail on January 30: report from Reuters: Politics CHICAGO (Reuters) - Former Illinois Governor George Ryan is to be released to a halfway house in Chicago on January 30 after spending five years in federal prison for corruption, the Chicago Sun-Times reported on Saturday, citing unnamed sources. feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~3/lrm3_U3aG60/us-illinois-governor-ryan-idUSBRE90I0EY20130119