Peoria Standard

There are 16 inmates sentenced in Peoria County set to be released from prison in August, according to the Illinois Department of Corrections.

Andrew L. Gomire, who served the longest sentence among them, spent more than 14 years incarcerated for an offense recorded as 'sex crime with weapon'.

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 one year to the rest of someone’s life.

Name	Offense	Supervised Release Date	Holding Facility
Carl L. Wells Jr.	AGG DISCHARGE FIREARM/OCC VEH	08/03/2025	Illinois River Correctional Center
Chadwick M. Williams	POSSESSION OF METH< 5 GRAMS	08/05/2025	Vandalia Correctional Center
Graden M. Gillham	POSSESSION OF METH< 5 GRAMS	08/06/2025	Lincoln Correctional Center
Zetham J. McNeil	AGG DISCHARGE FIREARM/OCC VEH	08/07/2025	Dixon Correctional Center
Sidney Bell-Young	POSSESSION OF METH/5<15 GRA	08/09/2025	Logan Correctional Center
Anthony D. Jackson	RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY	08/13/2025	Centralia Correctional Center
Andrew L. Gomire	AGG CRIM SEX ASSAULT/WEAPON	08/13/2025	Taylorville Correctional Center
David K. Baker	VIOLATE STALKING NO CONTACT/2+	08/14/2025	Stateville Correctional Center
Darryl E. Ingram	UUW-FELON POSS/USE FIREARM PRIOR	08/17/2025	Jacksonville Correctional Center
Zachary J. Santini	UUW-FELON POSS/USE WEAPON/FIREARM	08/19/2025	Jacksonville Correctional Center
Troy M. Smith	RESIDENTIAL ARSON	08/21/2025	Lincoln Correctional Center
Michelle R. Eldridge	RET THEFT/DISP MERCH/<$300/PREV CONV	08/25/2025	Logan Correctional Center
Omar Denova	AGG BATTERY/PEACE OFFICER	08/25/2025	Graham Correctional Center
Davante D. Messenger	UUW-FELON POSS/USE WEAP/PRISON	08/25/2025	Lincoln Correctional Center
Richard J. Sellers III	UUW-FELON POSS/USE FIREARM PRIOR	08/29/2025	Vandalia Correctional Center
Cody E. Nash	BURGLARY	08/30/2025	Stateville Correctional Center