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Q2 Recap: 2 parolees from Clay County convicted of drug crimes released on parole

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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

There were two offenders convicted of drug crimes living in Clay County who were released on parole during the second quarter of 2025, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the East Central Reporter.

Both of them were men, with a median age of 38. The youngest parolee was a 34-year-old man sentenced in 2023, and the oldest was a 42-year-old man sentenced in 2024.

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 reincarceration. 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 Drug Crimes Paroled in Q2 2025
CountyTotal Number of Parolees% Women% MenMedian age
Cook County1616.8%93.2%40
Macon County2711.1%88.9%40
St. Clair County2218.2%81.8%35.5
Will County214.8%95.2%38
Winnebago County1816.7%83.3%50
Peoria County1711.8%88.2%35
Kane County1618.8%81.3%39.5
Madison County1533.3%66.7%41
Lake County137.7%92.3%51
Champaign County119.1%90.9%46
McHenry County1118.2%81.8%36
DuPage County119.1%90.9%37
McLean County1010%90%34.5
Tazewell County825%75%40.5
Rock Island County837.5%62.5%29
Adams County850%50%43.5
Knox County616.7%83.3%39
DeKalb County616.7%83.3%32.5
Jefferson County633.3%66.7%40
Franklin County633.3%66.7%52
Mason County540%60%33
Marion County560%40%48
Jackson County560%40%40
Kankakee County520%80%45
Sangamon County540%60%35
Montgomery County450%50%38
Crawford County475%25%41.5
Vermilion County40%100%38
Shelby County450%50%53.5
White County425%75%41.5
Saline County450%50%39.5
Coles County366.7%33.3%42
Macoupin County333.3%66.7%39
Randolph County30%100%48
Clark County333.3%66.7%45
Williamson County30%100%34
Whiteside County30%100%35
Henry County333.3%66.7%40
Morgan County333.3%66.7%53
Wabash County366.7%33.3%28
Fulton County30%100%40
Clay County20%100%38
Richland County20%100%29
Christian County20%100%39
Stephenson County20%100%39
Boone County250%50%53.5
Wayne County250%50%50.5
Washington County250%50%42.5
Livingston County20%100%32
Logan County20%100%48
Ford County250%50%33.5
Fayette County20%100%39.5
Effingham County20%100%36
Edwards County20%100%40
Edgar County20%100%58
McDonough County20%100%43.5
DeWitt County250%50%37.5
Clinton County250%50%39.5
Bond County10%100%58
Gallatin County10%100%38
Woodford County10%100%32
Greene County10%100%30
Union County10%100%28
Grundy County10%100%45
Hardin County10%100%65
Stark County10%100%45
Cass County10%100%35
Iroquois County1100%0%40
Scott County10%100%45
Schuyler County10%100%34
Kendall County10%100%43
Cumberland County10%100%39
Lasalle County10%100%34
Pulaski County10%100%51
Pike County1100%0%47
Piatt County10%100%38
Marshall County1100%0%48
Ogle County10%100%32
Moultrie County10%100%36
Massac County10%100%26
Mercer County10%100%22
Menard County10%100%26

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