Latoya Hughes Director at Illinois Department of Corrections | Official website
Latoya Hughes Director at Illinois Department of Corrections | Official website
The data shows that seven men and two women were released in Crawford County. The median age of the parolees was 39. The youngest parolee was a 26-year-old man sentenced for a crime involving one or more weapons in 2022, and the oldest was a 68-year-old man sentenced for a crime involving drugs in 2021.
The offender incarcerated the longest was Ronald K. Douglas. He was convicted of a crime involving drugs in 2021 when he was 65 years old. He is now 68.
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 Q3 2024 Parolees | % convicted for sex crimes | % convicted for homicide | % convicted for drug-related crimes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Cook County | 1,372 | 9.9% | 3.9% | 7.4% |
Winnebago County | 126 | 8.7% | 2.4% | 14.3% |
St. Clair County | 112 | 2.7% | 3.6% | 21.4% |
Macon County | 109 | 8.3% | 0.9% | 21.1% |
Peoria County | 87 | 1.1% | 5.7% | 20.7% |
Lake County | 69 | 7.2% | 2.9% | 17.4% |
Kane County | 66 | 1.5% | 4.5% | 21.2% |
Will County | 64 | 3.1% | 9.4% | 20.3% |
Champaign County | 57 | 1.8% | 1.8% | 14% |
Madison County | 56 | 1.8% | 1.8% | 25% |
Sangamon County | 56 | 23.2% | 1.8% | 17.9% |
McLean County | 41 | 0% | 0% | 29.3% |
DuPage County | 35 | 2.9% | 5.7% | 8.6% |
Kankakee County | 29 | 0% | 0% | 20.7% |
Vermilion County | 27 | 3.7% | 7.4% | 3.7% |
Adams County | 24 | 0% | 4.2% | 20.8% |
Tazewell County | 24 | 4.2% | 4.2% | 8.3% |
Rock Island County | 21 | 4.8% | 4.8% | 33.3% |
Williamson County | 17 | 5.9% | 0% | 5.9% |
Coles County | 16 | 6.3% | 0% | 12.5% |
Jackson County | 16 | 6.3% | 0% | 18.8% |
Jefferson County | 16 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
Whiteside County | 15 | 6.7% | 13.3% | 26.7% |
Lasalle County | 14 | 7.1% | 0% | 28.6% |
McHenry County | 14 | 0% | 0% | 28.6% |
Henry County | 13 | 0% | 0% | 46.2% |
Montgomery County | 13 | 0% | 0% | 46.2% |
Boone County | 12 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
Deported County | 12 | 75% | 16.7% | 0% |
Franklin County | 12 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
Macoupin County | 12 | 0% | 0% | 58.3% |
Saline County | 12 | 0% | 0% | 8.3% |
Knox County | 11 | 0% | 0% | 27.3% |
Morgan County | 11 | 0% | 0% | 45.5% |
Fulton County | 10 | 0% | 0% | 30% |
Logan County | 10 | 0% | 0% | 60% |
Crawford County | 9 | 11.1% | 0% | 22.2% |
Randolph County | 9 | 0% | 0% | 11.1% |
DeKalb County | 8 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Edgar County | 8 | 0% | 0% | 12.5% |
Fayette County | 8 | 12.5% | 0% | 75% |
Livingston County | 8 | 12.5% | 0% | 0% |
Stephenson County | 8 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
Perry County | 7 | 0% | 0% | 28.6% |
Shelby County | 7 | 0% | 14.3% | 57.1% |
Woodford County | 7 | 28.6% | 0% | 28.6% |
Bond County | 6 | 16.7% | 0% | 33.3% |
Bureau County | 6 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
Effingham County | 6 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
Kendall County | 6 | 16.7% | 50% | 0% |
Ogle County | 6 | 0% | 0% | 16.7% |
Warren County | 6 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
White County | 6 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
Christian County | 5 | 0% | 0% | 60% |
Clay County | 5 | 0% | 0% | 80% |
Greene County | 5 | 20% | 0% | 40% |
Jersey County | 5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
Marion County | 5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
Schuyler County | 5 | 40% | 0% | 20% |
Union County | 5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
Alexander County | 4 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
Clark County | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Hamilton County | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Jasper County | 4 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
McDonough County | 4 | 0% | 0% | 75% |
Mercer County | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Pike County | 4 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
Richland County | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Wabash County | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Clinton County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
Douglas County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Grundy County | 3 | 0% | 33.3% | 33.3% |
Hardin County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
Henderson County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
Lee County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
Mason County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 66.7% |
Piatt County | 3 | 33.3% | 0% | 0% |
Scott County | 3 | 33.3% | 0% | 33.3% |
Wayne County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
Cass County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
DeWitt County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
Ford County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
Gallatin County | 2 | 50% | 0% | 0% |
Iroquois County | 2 | 50% | 0% | 0% |
Jo Daviess County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
Lawrence County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
Marshall County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
Moultrie County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Pope County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Pulaski County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Washington County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Calhoun County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Carroll County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Hancock County | 1 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
Massac County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Monroe County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
Stark County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |