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Q4 2023 Recap: 2 parolees from Saline County convicted of crimes against persons set for supervised release

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Justin Hammers, Chief of Operations at IDOC | Illinois Department of Corrections oficial website

Justin Hammers, Chief of Operations at IDOC | Illinois Department of Corrections oficial website

There were two offenders convicted of crimes against persons living in Saline County released on parole during the fourth quarter of 2023, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the SE Illinois News.

The data shows that both of the released offenders among the parolees were men. The median age of the parolees sentenced for crimes against persons was 30. The younger parolee was a 25-year-old man sentenced in 2022, and the oldest was a 35-year-old man sentenced in 2020.

The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Westley D. Key. He was convicted in 2020 when he was 30 years old. He is now 35.

Commonly referred to as parole in Illinois, Mandatory Supervised Release (MSR) is a post-prison supervision period, in which individuals must follow specific rules like check-ins with parole officers; violations can lead to re-incarceration. Unlike parole, MSR is automatically required for all individuals released after serving a prison sentence.

In 2023, Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill to reform Illinois’ Mandatory Supervised Release program. The law aims to reduce recidivism and reportedly create a more effective and equitable supervision system by incentivizing education, streamlining the review process, and expanding virtual check-ins.

“Our current supervision system too often operates unfairly, with rules that make it simply a revolving door back to jail,” Pritzker said at a bill signing ceremony in Chicago. “In fact, more than 25% of people who are released from prison in Illinois end up back behind bars, not because they’re recidivists, but instead for a noncriminal technical violation.”

A 2018 report from the Illinois Sentencing Policy Advisory Council indicated that 43% of released prisoners in Illinois return to prison within three years, costing taxpayers an estimated $152,000 per recidivism event.

Prisoners convicted of crimes against persons paroled in Q4 2023
CountyTotal Number of Parolees% Women% MenMedian age
Cook County1704.7%95.3%36
Winnebago County358.6%91.4%36
St. Clair County267.7%92.3%36.5
Macon County240%100%47
Will County220%100%37.5
Lake County190%100%39
Peoria County166.3%93.8%35.5
Kane County128.3%91.7%36
Kankakee County100%100%35.5
Dupage County100%100%31
Sangamon County911.1%88.9%37
Madison County90%100%45
Champaign County812.5%87.5%40
Adams County714.3%85.7%36
Vermilion County616.7%83.3%31.5
McHenry County633.3%66.7%33
Logan County616.7%83.3%37.5
Jackson County425%75%48.5
Stephenson County40%100%44.5
Rock Island County40%100%42
McLean County40%100%36.5
Marion County40%100%34.5
White County30%100%23
Christian County30%100%34
Lasalle County30%100%53
Franklin County30%100%37
Knox County30%100%35
Henry County30%100%37
Whiteside County20%100%34
Saline County20%100%30
Jersey County20%100%31
Menard County20%100%36.5
Mason County20%100%39.5
Coles County20%100%34
Kendall County20%100%35.5
Williamson County10%100%32
Alexander County10%100%36
Livingston County10%100%55
Grundy County10%100%57
Warren County10%100%21
Wabash County10%100%50
Clay County10%100%33
Jasper County10%100%32
Stark County10%100%24
Boone County10%100%44
Carroll County10%100%40
Macoupin County10%100%36
Jefferson County10%100%26
Randolph County10%100%32
Pulaski County10%100%46
Pike County10%100%35
Perry County10%100%22
Clark County10%100%44
Ogle County1100%0%39
Morgan County10%100%28
Montgomery County10%100%28
DeKalb County10%100%37
Crawford County10%100%40
Marshall County1100%0%38

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