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Q4 2023 Recap: 1 parolee from Wayne County convicted of a property crime 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 was one offender convicted of a property crime living in Wayne 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 the released offender was a man. He was convicted in 2022 when he was 37 years old. He is now 39.

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 property crimes paroled in Q4 2023
CountyTotal Number of Parolees% Women% MenMedian age
Cook County3696.8%93.2%36
Macon County313.2%96.8%38
St. Clair County303.3%96.7%39.5
Winnebago County2913.8%86.2%40
Lake County2317.4%82.6%37
Sangamon County2218.2%81.8%38
Madison County2015%85%33
Kane County2015%85%37.5
Peoria County185.6%94.4%41
DuPage County156.7%93.3%32
Will County120%100%40
Vermilion County110%100%33
Champaign County100%100%38
Tazewell County825%75%40.5
McLean County812.5%87.5%30.5
Jefferson County812.5%87.5%36
Williamson County60%100%38.5
Stephenson County60%100%35
Kendall County60%100%45.5
Lasalle County520%80%27
Jackson County50%100%32
Pike County520%80%42
Randolph County50%100%41
Clark County50%100%40
Macoupin County40%100%34
Rock Island County40%100%33
Marion County40%100%31.5
Massac County425%75%46.5
Union County333.3%66.7%29
McHenry County30%100%46
Lawrence County333.3%66.7%39
Effingham County30%100%38
Bureau County30%100%38
Saline County333.3%66.7%36
Franklin County333.3%66.7%41
Morgan County333.3%66.7%40
Jersey County333.3%66.7%35
Richland County333.3%66.7%39
Mercer County250%50%39.5
Whiteside County20%100%30
Perry County20%100%34.5
Adams County250%50%37
Livingston County20%100%38.5
Boone County20%100%22.5
Knox County20%100%24.5
Gallatin County20%100%41
Kankakee County20%100%31
Edgar County20%100%37.5
Coles County20%100%47.5
Iroquois County250%50%50
Crawford County250%50%33.5
Fayette County10%100%29
DeWitt County10%100%24
Stark County10%100%40
DeKalb County10%100%24
Clinton County10%100%53
Wayne County10%100%39
White County10%100%45
Carroll County10%100%24
Bond County10%100%40
Fulton County10%100%25
Grundy County10%100%53
Pulaski County10%100%41
Hamilton County10%100%23
Piatt County10%100%23
Henry County10%100%25
Ogle County10%100%41
Moultrie County10%100%29
Johnson County1100%0%45
Montgomery County10%100%37
Menard County10%100%32
Lee County10%100%32
Marshall County10%100%48
Logan County10%100%32

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