Alyssa Williams, Assistant Director at IDOC | Illinois Department of Corrections oficial website
Alyssa Williams, Assistant Director at IDOC | Illinois Department of Corrections oficial website
The data shows that 21 men and six women were released on parole in White County during 2024. Of the parolees, one was a veteran, and the median age was 37. The youngest parolee was a 23-year-old man convicted of a crime against justice in 2021, and the oldest was a 65-year-old woman convicted of a crime involving drugs in 2023.
The offender who was incarcerated the longest was Cedrick J. Graham. He was convicted of a crime against justice in 2021 when he was 32 years old. He is now 36.
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.
| County | Total 2024 Parolees | % convicted for sex crimes | % convicted for homicide | % convicted for drug-related crimes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | 116 | 5.2% | 2.6% | 30.2% |
| Alexander County | 14 | 7.1% | 7.1% | 28.6% |
| Bond County | 24 | 4.2% | 0% | 50% |
| Boone County | 24 | 0% | 0% | 20.8% |
| Brown County | 5 | 0% | 0% | 80% |
| Bureau County | 23 | 8.7% | 0% | 26.1% |
| Calhoun County | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Carroll County | 13 | 7.7% | 0% | 46.2% |
| Cass County | 9 | 0% | 0% | 66.7% |
| Champaign County | 234 | 0.4% | 1.3% | 13.2% |
| Christian County | 28 | 10.7% | 3.6% | 35.7% |
| Clark County | 17 | 5.9% | 0% | 35.3% |
| Clay County | 19 | 0% | 0% | 47.4% |
| Clinton County | 20 | 5% | 0% | 30% |
| Coles County | 55 | 1.8% | 3.6% | 34.5% |
| Cook County | 5,480 | 7.9% | 5% | 8.1% |
| Crawford County | 42 | 4.8% | 0% | 40.5% |
| Cumberland County | 4 | 25% | 0% | 25% |
| DeKalb County | 43 | 2.3% | 7% | 11.6% |
| Deported County | 80 | 58.8% | 13.8% | 3.8% |
| DeWitt County | 21 | 0% | 4.8% | 33.3% |
| Douglas County | 10 | 0% | 0% | 30% |
| DuPage County | 173 | 2.3% | 3.5% | 11% |
| Edgar County | 25 | 4% | 4% | 24% |
| Edwards County | 7 | 0% | 0% | 14.3% |
| Effingham County | 26 | 0% | 0% | 53.8% |
| Fayette County | 26 | 11.5% | 0% | 61.5% |
| Ford County | 8 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Franklin County | 49 | 2% | 0% | 40.8% |
| Fulton County | 32 | 0% | 12.5% | 31.3% |
| Gallatin County | 8 | 12.5% | 0% | 25% |
| Greene County | 15 | 13.3% | 0% | 53.3% |
| Grundy County | 11 | 0% | 9.1% | 18.2% |
| Hamilton County | 12 | 8.3% | 0% | 16.7% |
| Hancock County | 10 | 10% | 0% | 50% |
| Hardin County | 8 | 0% | 0% | 75% |
| Henderson County | 5 | 0% | 0% | 60% |
| Henry County | 55 | 3.6% | 14.5% | 36.4% |
| Iroquois County | 17 | 17.6% | 0% | 29.4% |
| Jackson County | 64 | 3.1% | 0% | 29.7% |
| Jasper County | 9 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Jefferson County | 71 | 0% | 1.4% | 39.4% |
| Jersey County | 21 | 0% | 0% | 19% |
| Jo Daviess County | 5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| Johnson County | 5 | 20% | 0% | 20% |
| Kane County | 269 | 4.5% | 5.2% | 16.4% |
| Kankakee County | 103 | 4.9% | 3.9% | 14.6% |
| Kendall County | 49 | 6.1% | 8.2% | 16.3% |
| Knox County | 50 | 4% | 2% | 16% |
| Lake County | 308 | 11.4% | 2.9% | 14.6% |
| Lasalle County | 78 | 1.3% | 0% | 35.9% |
| Lawrence County | 16 | 0% | 0% | 56.3% |
| Lee County | 23 | 8.7% | 4.3% | 34.8% |
| Livingston County | 40 | 7.5% | 2.5% | 30% |
| Logan County | 36 | 2.8% | 2.8% | 27.8% |
| Macon County | 438 | 5.5% | 2.1% | 16.7% |
| Macoupin County | 46 | 0% | 4.3% | 41.3% |
| Madison County | 279 | 2.5% | 3.6% | 29% |
| Marion County | 51 | 3.9% | 0% | 35.3% |
| Marshall County | 7 | 0% | 0% | 28.6% |
| Mason County | 13 | 7.7% | 0% | 23.1% |
| Massac County | 11 | 0% | 0% | 27.3% |
| McDonough County | 20 | 20% | 5% | 30% |
| McHenry County | 84 | 2.4% | 7.1% | 27.4% |
| McLean County | 174 | 1.7% | 1.1% | 29.3% |
| Menard County | 4 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Mercer County | 10 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| Monroe County | 7 | 0% | 14.3% | 42.9% |
| Montgomery County | 36 | 0% | 0% | 47.2% |
| Morgan County | 39 | 0% | 0% | 46.2% |
| Moultrie County | 8 | 0% | 0% | 37.5% |
| Ogle County | 19 | 5.3% | 5.3% | 26.3% |
| Peoria County | 361 | 2.5% | 8% | 19.4% |
| Perry County | 23 | 8.7% | 0% | 30.4% |
| Piatt County | 12 | 16.7% | 0% | 41.7% |
| Pike County | 30 | 3.3% | 0% | 46.7% |
| Pope County | 10 | 10% | 0% | 50% |
| Pulaski County | 7 | 0% | 0% | 28.6% |
| Putnam County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Randolph County | 42 | 0% | 0% | 40.5% |
| Richland County | 16 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| Rock Island County | 94 | 2.1% | 2.1% | 26.6% |
| Saline County | 42 | 4.8% | 4.8% | 21.4% |
| Sangamon County | 267 | 17.6% | 4.5% | 21.3% |
| Schuyler County | 24 | 37.5% | 0% | 8.3% |
| Scott County | 5 | 20% | 0% | 20% |
| Shelby County | 17 | 0% | 5.9% | 52.9% |
| St. Clair County | 406 | 2% | 4.4% | 15.3% |
| Stark County | 7 | 0% | 14.3% | 28.6% |
| Stephenson County | 33 | 0% | 3% | 12.1% |
| Tazewell County | 115 | 4.3% | 4.3% | 18.3% |
| Union County | 18 | 5.6% | 0% | 55.6% |
| Vermilion County | 110 | 1.8% | 3.6% | 17.3% |
| Wabash County | 12 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| Warren County | 13 | 0% | 0% | 23.1% |
| Washington County | 4 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| Wayne County | 15 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| White County | 27 | 0% | 3.7% | 33.3% |
| Whiteside County | 40 | 2.5% | 7.5% | 20% |
| Will County | 273 | 3.3% | 5.9% | 18.3% |
| Williamson County | 63 | 1.6% | 1.6% | 19% |
| Winnebago County | 503 | 6.8% | 3.2% | 12.5% |
| Woodford County | 26 | 11.5% | 0% | 30.8% |
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