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
The data shows that five men and two women were released in Effingham County. The median age of the parolees was 38. The youngest parolee was a 25-year-old man sentenced for a crime against justice in 2023, and the oldest was a 55-year-old man sentenced for a property crime in 2022.
The offender incarcerated the longest was David W. Weatherman. He was convicted of a crime involving drugs in 2021 when he was 48 years old. He is now 51.
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 Q1 2023 Parolees | % convicted for sex crimes | % convicted for homicide | % convicted for drug-related crimes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cook County | 1,262 | 6.4% | 3.8% | 12.7% |
| Winnebago County | 99 | 9.1% | 0% | 18.2% |
| Lake County | 91 | 12.1% | 2.2% | 13.2% |
| Macon County | 82 | 2.4% | 2.4% | 19.5% |
| Will County | 77 | 2.6% | 2.6% | 18.2% |
| St. Clair County | 74 | 6.8% | 0% | 16.2% |
| Peoria County | 72 | 6.9% | 4.2% | 23.6% |
| Kane County | 70 | 5.7% | 2.9% | 15.7% |
| DuPage County | 62 | 3.2% | 4.8% | 16.1% |
| Sangamon County | 62 | 24.2% | 3.2% | 9.7% |
| Madison County | 61 | 1.6% | 4.9% | 31.1% |
| Champaign County | 48 | 4.2% | 2.1% | 18.8% |
| Vermilion County | 39 | 10.3% | 2.6% | 5.1% |
| McLean County | 31 | 16.1% | 3.2% | 22.6% |
| McHenry County | 30 | 13.3% | 3.3% | 16.7% |
| Kankakee County | 27 | 0% | 0% | 22.2% |
| Jackson County | 24 | 8.3% | 0% | 12.5% |
| Tazewell County | 24 | 4.2% | 4.2% | 37.5% |
| Rock Island County | 22 | 9.1% | 0% | 36.4% |
| Adams County | 21 | 0% | 4.8% | 19% |
| Lasalle County | 19 | 5.3% | 0% | 26.3% |
| DeKalb County | 17 | 11.8% | 0% | 11.8% |
| Jefferson County | 17 | 5.9% | 5.9% | 41.2% |
| Marion County | 15 | 13.3% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Randolph County | 14 | 21.4% | 0% | 42.9% |
| Boone County | 13 | 0% | 0% | 15.4% |
| Kendall County | 13 | 0% | 7.7% | 46.2% |
| Knox County | 13 | 0% | 0% | 15.4% |
| Williamson County | 13 | 7.7% | 0% | 23.1% |
| Crawford County | 12 | 8.3% | 0% | 58.3% |
| Franklin County | 12 | 16.7% | 0% | 25% |
| Livingston County | 11 | 0% | 9.1% | 27.3% |
| Christian County | 10 | 10% | 0% | 10% |
| Coles County | 10 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Henry County | 10 | 0% | 10% | 30% |
| Macoupin County | 10 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| Morgan County | 10 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| Stephenson County | 10 | 10% | 0% | 20% |
| Clinton County | 9 | 0% | 0% | 22.2% |
| Fulton County | 9 | 33.3% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Grundy County | 9 | 0% | 0% | 55.6% |
| Montgomery County | 9 | 11.1% | 11.1% | 11.1% |
| Edgar County | 8 | 12.5% | 0% | 25% |
| Hancock County | 8 | 0% | 0% | 62.5% |
| Whiteside County | 8 | 12.5% | 0% | 12.5% |
| Effingham County | 7 | 0% | 0% | 42.9% |
| Lee County | 7 | 14.3% | 0% | 42.9% |
| Monroe County | 7 | 0% | 0% | 28.6% |
| Woodford County | 7 | 0% | 0% | 28.6% |
| Bureau County | 6 | 33.3% | 0% | 16.7% |
| Fayette County | 6 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Lawrence County | 6 | 0% | 0% | 16.7% |
| Pike County | 6 | 0% | 0% | 66.7% |
| Alexander County | 5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| Douglas County | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Logan County | 5 | 20% | 0% | 60% |
| Saline County | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Marshall County | 4 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Moultrie County | 4 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| Piatt County | 4 | 25% | 0% | 25% |
| Shelby County | 4 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| Union County | 4 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| Calhoun County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 66.7% |
| Cass County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Clark County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Iroquois County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Jasper County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 66.7% |
| Mason County | 3 | 66.7% | 0% | 0% |
| Massac County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 66.7% |
| Menard County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 66.7% |
| Richland County | 3 | 33.3% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Schuyler County | 3 | 33.3% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Bond County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Carroll County | 2 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| Jersey County | 2 | 50% | 0% | 0% |
| Jo Daviess County | 2 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Ogle County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Perry County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Wabash County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Wayne County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| DeWitt County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Edwards County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Hamilton County | 1 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Henderson County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Johnson County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| McDonough County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Mercer County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pulaski County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Warren County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Washington County | 1 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| White County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
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