Peoria Standard

There are nine inmates sentenced in Tazewell County set to be released from jail in March, according to the Illinois Department of Corrections.

Dustin Kolczak, who served the longest sentence among them, spent more than seven years incarcerated for category I armed violence.

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.

One of the reasons behind jail growth is how pretrial detainees are handled. Another study by the Prison Policy Initiative noted that the number of unconvicted individuals was more than two times higher than convicted individuals.

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.

Name	Offense	Supervised Release Date	Holding Facility
Jeremy Alred	POSSESSION OF METH/15<100 GRAMS	03/05/2025	Sheridan Correctional Center
Joshua D. Myers	UNLAWFUL POSS CREDIT/DEBIT CARD	03/05/2025	Vandalia Correctional Center
Dustin Kolczak	ARMED VIOL/CATEGORY I WEAPON	03/09/2025	Big Muddy River Correctional Center
Dallas Waddell	POSSESSION OF METH< 5 GRAMS	03/25/2025	Pinckneyville Correctional Center
Brad Denham	POSSESSION OF METH< 5 GRAMS	03/27/2025	Robinson Correctional Center
Daniel Francisco	AGG DOMESTIC BATTERY/STRANGLE	03/27/2025	Jacksonville Correctional Center
Jacob Hinderliter	AGG BATTERY/PUBLIC PLACE	03/27/2025	Graham Correctional Center
Stephanie Collins	RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY	03/27/2025	Decatur Correctional Center
Luke Terrell	MANU/DEL CANNABIS/2000<5000 GRAMS	03/28/2025	Illinois River Correctional Center