Crime

Alyssa Williams, Assistant Director at IDOC | Illinois Department of Corrections oficial website

There are three inmates sentenced in Peoria County set to be released from prison during the week ending Aug. 16, according to the Illinois Department of Corrections .

In total, three men are set to be released over this period.

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.

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 Unite

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