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Wednesday, December 25, 2024

Q1 Recap: 2 parolees from Cumberland County convicted of property crimes 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 were two offenders convicted of property crimes living in Cumberland 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 both of the released offenders among the parolees were men. The median age of the parolees sentenced for property crimes was 34. The younger parolee was a 33-year-old man sentenced in 2013, and the oldest was a 34-year-old man sentenced in 2015.

The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Levi D. Barnes. He was convicted in 2013 when he was 22 years old. He is now 33.

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 Q1 2024
CountyTotal Number of Parolees% Women% MenMedian age
Cook County3865.2%94.8%36
Macon County402.5%97.5%38
Winnebago County378.1%91.9%37
Peoria County333%97%40
St. Clair County306.7%93.3%35.5
Will County254%96%37
Madison County244.2%95.8%38.5
Kane County205%95%44
Lake County2010%90%39.5
Sangamon County185.6%94.4%41.5
DuPage County1414.3%85.7%37
Tazewell County130%100%40
Champaign County137.7%92.3%41
Vermilion County128.3%91.7%37.5
McLean County1010%90%35.5
Adams County1010%90%48.5
Lasalle County812.5%87.5%48
Rock Island County812.5%87.5%45
Marion County633.3%66.7%49
Kankakee County60%100%29
Saline County540%60%33
Knox County50%100%43
Kendall County50%100%41
Henry County50%100%43
Franklin County520%80%26
McHenry County40%100%33
Crawford County40%100%42
Montgomery County425%75%42.5
Macoupin County425%75%32.5
Logan County425%75%40
Perry County40%100%27
Randolph County40%100%33
Clinton County425%75%32
Jefferson County450%50%43
Stephenson County333.3%66.7%42
Jackson County30%100%32
Lee County333.3%66.7%41
Whiteside County366.7%33.3%38
DeKalb County30%100%25
Morgan County333.3%66.7%33
Williamson County30%100%27
Shelby County2100%0%32
Cass County20%100%41
White County20%100%36
Coles County250%50%23.5
Ogle County20%100%48
Boone County20%100%36.5
Bond County20%100%42
Woodford County20%100%34.5
Grundy County20%100%36.5
Cumberland County20%100%33.5
Jersey County250%50%37.5
Hancock County10%100%61
Henderson County10%100%42
Greene County10%100%35
Iroquois County1100%0%39
Jasper County10%100%48
Wabash County1100%0%29
Brown County10%100%47
Bureau County10%100%35
Carroll County10%100%37
Johnson County10%100%46
Fulton County1100%0%54
Clay County1100%0%46
Ford County10%100%50
Richland County10%100%40
Effingham County10%100%48
Pulaski County10%100%40
Pike County10%100%53
Edgar County10%100%32
Douglas County10%100%26
DeWitt County10%100%57
Mason County10%100%31
McDonough County10%100%57

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