Peoria Standard

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

Melvin Bradford, who served the longest sentence among them, spent more than two years incarcerated for an offense recorded as 'residential burglary'.

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 jail growth in the state.

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
Jesse J. Forbes	DOMESTIC BATTERY/BODILY HARM	07/04/2025	Robinson Correctional Center
Samantha Ewing	FELON ESCAPE/PEACE OFFICER	07/08/2025	Logan Correctional Center
Darnell Hull	THEFT <$300/PRIOR CONVICT	07/09/2025	Vandalia Correctional Center
Melvin Bradford	RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY	07/15/2025	Illinois River Correctional Center
Austin Doman	UUW-FELON POSS/USE FIREARM PRIOR	07/28/2025	Danville Correctional Center