Peoria Standard

There are eight inmates sentenced in Woodford County set to be released from prison during the second quarter of 2025, according to the Illinois Department of Corrections.

The inmate being released that served the longest time was Travis J. Smith for aggravated battery against an officer of the peace. Travis J. Smith spent more than four years incarcerated.

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.

Most prison inmates are released on some condition of supervised monitoring upon reentering civilian life. This monitoring can last from 1 year to the rest of someone’s life.

Name	Offense	Supervised Release Date	Holding Facility
Roemello L. Jones	Possess 15<100 grams cocaine	04/10/2025	Danville Correctional Center
Steven A. Bounds	Poss of meth < 5 grams	04/15/2025	Big Muddy River Correctional Center
Travis J. Smith	Agg battery/Peace officer	05/06/2025	Centralia Correctional Center
Holly L. Stacks	Agg battery/Peace officer	05/08/2025	Logan Correctional Center
Branson N. Dively	Driving w/ suspend/Revoke license 2nd	05/13/2025	Vienna Correctional Center
David Williams	Felon escape/Peace officer	05/20/2025	Menard Correctional Center
Cameron M. Phillippe	Residential burglary	06/06/2025	Illinois River Correctional Center
Blake Dunn	Poss amt con sub except(a)/(d)	06/13/2025	Stateville Correctional Center