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Tuesday, December 24, 2024

Q1 Recap: 1 parolee from Lawrence County convicted of a crime involving alcohol 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 was one offender convicted of a crime involving alcohol living in Lawrence County released on parole during the first quarter of 2024, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the East Central Reporter.

The data shows that the released offender was a woman. She was convicted in 2018 when she was 23 years old. She is now 29.

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 crimes involving alcohol paroled in Q1 2024
CountyTotal Number of Parolees% Women% MenMedian age
Cook County478.5%91.5%45
Kane County60%100%53
Peoria County50%100%51
Winnebago County560%40%42
Rock Island County425%75%34
St. Clair County425%75%37
Will County40%100%60.5
Lake County40%100%45.5
DuPage County30%100%35
Knox County333.3%66.7%41
McLean County20%100%34.5
McHenry County20%100%46.5
Macon County20%100%51
Livingston County20%100%54.5
Sangamon County20%100%37.5
Lasalle County20%100%43.5
Tazewell County20%100%53
DeKalb County250%50%49.5
Champaign County20%100%35
Christian County20%100%45.5
Stephenson County10%100%42
Vermilion County10%100%30
Monroe County10%100%37
Logan County10%100%44
Lee County10%100%29
Lawrence County1100%0%29
Jackson County10%100%55
Henry County10%100%32
Franklin County10%100%51
Ford County10%100%34
Bureau County10%100%52
Boone County10%100%43

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