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Thursday, December 19, 2024

Q2 Parolees Recap: Who was paroled in Coles County?

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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 14 offenders living in Coles County released on parole during the second quarter of 2024, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by East Central Reporter.

The data shows that 12 men and two women were released in Coles County. The median age of the parolees was 44. The youngest parolee was a 26-year-old man sentenced for a crime against a person in 2023, and the oldest was a 54-year-old man sentenced for a crime involving drugs in 2023.

The offender incarcerated the longest was Richard McConnell. He was convicted of homicide in 1994 when he was 22 years old. He is now 52.

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.

Breakdown of Offenders Paroled in Each Illinois County in Q2
CountyTotal Q2 2024 Parolees% convicted for sex crimes% convicted for homicide% convicted for drug-related crimes
Cook County1,3357%4%9.4%
Macon County1215%0.8%19.8%
St. Clair County1130.9%3.5%8.8%
Winnebago County1057.6%1%12.4%
Peoria County1041%5.8%21.2%
Madison County802.5%1.3%32.5%
Lake County7115.5%1.4%18.3%
Will County685.9%1.5%16.2%
Kane County676%3%17.9%
Sangamon County5819%3.4%25.9%
McLean County513.9%0%29.4%
Champaign County480%2.1%8.3%
DuPage County472.1%2.1%10.6%
Adams County375.4%0%24.3%
Tazewell County365.6%8.3%22.2%
Rock Island County260%3.8%38.5%
Kankakee County254%0%12%
McHenry County250%8%32%
Vermilion County230%0%21.7%
Jefferson County200%0%35%
Lasalle County195.3%0%63.2%
Saline County185.6%0%22.2%
Williamson County160%0%25%
Coles County140%7.1%57.1%
Henry County130%7.7%38.5%
Jackson County130%0%46.2%
Crawford County120%0%66.7%
Knox County120%8.3%8.3%
Livingston County1118.2%9.1%18.2%
Kendall County100%0%20%
Marion County100%0%30%
DeKalb County911.1%11.1%22.2%
Franklin County90%0%44.4%
Macoupin County90%0%33.3%
Pike County911.1%0%33.3%
Stephenson County90%11.1%0%
Jersey County80%0%0%
Ogle County80%0%50%
Perry County812.5%0%25%
Randolph County80%0%62.5%
Bond County70%0%42.9%
Boone County70%0%28.6%
Fulton County70%0%42.9%
Logan County70%0%14.3%
Morgan County70%0%28.6%
Bureau County60%0%33.3%
Effingham County60%0%50%
McDonough County616.7%0%33.3%
Shelby County60%0%16.7%
Woodford County616.7%0%50%
Carroll County50%0%60%
Douglas County50%0%40%
Iroquois County50%0%20%
Monroe County50%0%40%
Piatt County520%0%40%
Union County50%0%80%
White County50%0%60%
Alexander County425%25%50%
Christian County40%0%25%
Clinton County40%0%25%
Fayette County40%0%75%
Ford County40%25%25%
Greene County40%0%50%
Grundy County40%0%0%
Lawrence County40%0%25%
Montgomery County40%0%25%
Pope County40%0%75%
Schuyler County425%0%0%
Stark County40%0%0%
Whiteside County40%0%50%
Cass County30%0%100%
Clark County30%0%33.3%
Edwards County30%0%33.3%
Gallatin County30%0%0%
Hamilton County30%0%33.3%
Jasper County30%0%33.3%
Lee County30%0%33.3%
Massac County30%0%0%
Mercer County30%0%0%
Richland County30%0%33.3%
Warren County30%0%0%
Hancock County20%0%50%
Hardin County20%0%50%
Jo Daviess County20%0%0%
Johnson County250%0%0%
Moultrie County20%0%50%
Pulaski County20%0%50%
Wayne County20%0%50%
Brown County10%0%100%
Calhoun County10%0%0%
Clay County10%0%0%
Cumberland County10%0%0%
DeWitt County10%0%0%
Edgar County10%0%0%
Marshall County10%0%0%
Mason County10%0%0%
Wabash County10%0%100%

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