CHICAGO – Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan is scheduled to be transferred from a federal prison camp in Terre Haute, Ind., to a halfway house next week as he nears the end of his 6½-year prison sentence for corruption, according to people close to his family.

It is typical for federal inmates to be moved from prison to a work-release facility about 6 months or less before their scheduled release. Ryan is set to be freed from custody by July 4, according to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons website.

Ryan entered prison on Nov. 7, 2007. His wife of more than 50 years, Lura Lynn, died in June 2011.