Latoya Hughes Director at Illinois Department of Corrections | Official website
Latoya Hughes Director at Illinois Department of Corrections | Official website
The data shows that the released offender was a man. He was convicted in 2020 when he was 38 years old. He is now 43.
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 Number of Parolees | % Women | % Men | Median age |
---|---|---|---|---|
Cook County | 33 | 6.1% | 93.9% | 36 |
Will County | 4 | 0% | 100% | 31.5 |
Champaign County | 3 | 100% | 0% | 40 |
Kane County | 3 | 0% | 100% | 31 |
McHenry County | 2 | 0% | 100% | 47 |
Macon County | 2 | 50% | 50% | 46.5 |
Lake County | 2 | 0% | 100% | 34.5 |
St. Clair County | 2 | 0% | 100% | 35 |
Rock Island County | 2 | 0% | 100% | 38.5 |
Marion County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 36 |
Morgan County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 38 |
Peoria County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 41 |
Perry County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 32 |
Tazewell County | 1 | 100% | 0% | 43 |
Wabash County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 41 |
Wayne County | 1 | 100% | 0% | 33 |
Winnebago County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 42 |
Madison County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 49 |
Macoupin County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 43 |
Franklin County | 1 | 100% | 0% | 46 |
Fayette County | 1 | 100% | 0% | 29 |
Effingham County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 43 |
Dupage County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 41 |
Douglas County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 52 |
DeWitt County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 28 |
Carroll County | 1 | 100% | 0% | 50 |
Bureau County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 57 |
Boone County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 27 |
Bond County | 1 | 100% | 0% | 27 |