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Q4 2023 Recap: 5 parolees from White County convicted of drug crimes set for supervised release

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Latoya Hughes Director at Illinois Department of Corrections | Official website

Latoya Hughes Director at Illinois Department of Corrections | Official website

There were five offenders convicted of drug crimes living in White 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 one man and four women were among the parolees. The median age of the parolees sentenced for drug crimes was 45. The youngest parolee was a 33-year-old woman sentenced in 2022, and the oldest was a 59-year-old man sentenced in 2022.

The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Maranda Travelstead. She was convicted in 2022 when she was 43 years old. She is now 45.

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 drug crimes paroled in Q4 2023
CountyTotal Number of Parolees% Women% MenMedian age
Cook County1364.4%95.6%39.5
Macon County2317.4%82.6%39
Winnebago County195.3%94.7%35
St. Clair County1926.3%73.7%39
Madison County1822.2%77.8%39.5
Will County156.7%93.3%36
McLean County156.7%93.3%44
Peoria County1428.6%71.4%45
Sangamon County128.3%91.7%40
Kane County128.3%91.7%35
Adams County1118.2%81.8%40
Champaign County1127.3%72.7%40
Lake County1020%80%37
Franklin County1020%80%46.5
McHenry County911.1%88.9%40
Rock Island County90%100%47
Pike County825%75%41.5
Tazewell County837.5%62.5%36
Lasalle County825%75%32
Henry County825%75%36
Kankakee County812.5%87.5%31
Jefferson County80%100%40
Morgan County70%100%42
Marion County714.3%85.7%34
Christian County714.3%85.7%30
Knox County728.6%71.4%39
Vermilion County633.3%66.7%40
Kendall County616.7%83.3%30.5
Coles County633.3%66.7%31.5
Crawford County650%50%34.5
Shelby County540%60%33
Macoupin County520%80%37
White County580%20%45
Lawrence County425%75%47.5
DuPage County40%100%45
Bond County425%75%29
Randolph County475%25%42.5
Mason County40%100%37.5
Clinton County30%100%48
Montgomery County333.3%66.7%39
Effingham County30%100%47
Bureau County30%100%34
Jersey County2100%0%47
Piatt County250%50%36
Douglas County2100%0%44.5
Richland County20%100%45.5
Saline County20%100%30.5
Williamson County20%100%34
Stephenson County20%100%39.5
Union County250%50%35
Wabash County20%100%38
Warren County20%100%40
Whiteside County250%50%45
Johnson County250%50%41
Hancock County250%50%58.5
Grundy County250%50%36.5
Livingston County250%50%29
Fayette County20%100%37
Marshall County250%50%46
Perry County250%50%38.5
Jo Daviess County10%100%57
Carroll County10%100%55
Jackson County10%100%38
Moultrie County10%100%39
Wayne County10%100%37
Washington County10%100%39
Pulaski County10%100%41
Greene County10%100%40
Gallatin County10%100%46
Menard County10%100%43
DeKalb County10%100%53
Fulton County10%100%38
Boone County10%100%48
Cass County10%100%26
Schuyler County1100%0%29
DeWitt County10%100%41
Edwards County10%100%46

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