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
The data shows that three men and one woman were released in Alexander County. Of the parolees, one was a veteran, and the median age was 49. The youngest parolee was a 29-year-old woman sentenced for a crime involving drugs in 2023, and the oldest was a 62-year-old man sentenced for a crime involving drugs in 2023.
The offender incarcerated the longest was Aaron Swift. He was convicted of homicide in 2004 when he was 38 years old. He is now 59.
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 Q2 2024 Parolees | % convicted for sex crimes | % convicted for homicide | % convicted for drug-related crimes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cook County | 1,335 | 7% | 4% | 9.4% |
| Macon County | 121 | 5% | 0.8% | 19.8% |
| St. Clair County | 113 | 0.9% | 3.5% | 8.8% |
| Winnebago County | 105 | 7.6% | 1% | 12.4% |
| Peoria County | 104 | 1% | 5.8% | 21.2% |
| Madison County | 80 | 2.5% | 1.3% | 32.5% |
| Lake County | 71 | 15.5% | 1.4% | 18.3% |
| Will County | 68 | 5.9% | 1.5% | 16.2% |
| Kane County | 67 | 6% | 3% | 17.9% |
| Sangamon County | 58 | 19% | 3.4% | 25.9% |
| McLean County | 51 | 3.9% | 0% | 29.4% |
| Champaign County | 48 | 0% | 2.1% | 8.3% |
| DuPage County | 47 | 2.1% | 2.1% | 10.6% |
| Adams County | 37 | 5.4% | 0% | 24.3% |
| Tazewell County | 36 | 5.6% | 8.3% | 22.2% |
| Rock Island County | 26 | 0% | 3.8% | 38.5% |
| Kankakee County | 25 | 4% | 0% | 12% |
| McHenry County | 25 | 0% | 8% | 32% |
| Vermilion County | 23 | 0% | 0% | 21.7% |
| Jefferson County | 20 | 0% | 0% | 35% |
| Lasalle County | 19 | 5.3% | 0% | 63.2% |
| Saline County | 18 | 5.6% | 0% | 22.2% |
| Williamson County | 16 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| Coles County | 14 | 0% | 7.1% | 57.1% |
| Henry County | 13 | 0% | 7.7% | 38.5% |
| Jackson County | 13 | 0% | 0% | 46.2% |
| Crawford County | 12 | 0% | 0% | 66.7% |
| Knox County | 12 | 0% | 8.3% | 8.3% |
| Livingston County | 11 | 18.2% | 9.1% | 18.2% |
| Kendall County | 10 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| Marion County | 10 | 0% | 0% | 30% |
| DeKalb County | 9 | 11.1% | 11.1% | 22.2% |
| Franklin County | 9 | 0% | 0% | 44.4% |
| Macoupin County | 9 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Pike County | 9 | 11.1% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Stephenson County | 9 | 0% | 11.1% | 0% |
| Jersey County | 8 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Ogle County | 8 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Perry County | 8 | 12.5% | 0% | 25% |
| Randolph County | 8 | 0% | 0% | 62.5% |
| Bond County | 7 | 0% | 0% | 42.9% |
| Boone County | 7 | 0% | 0% | 28.6% |
| Fulton County | 7 | 0% | 0% | 42.9% |
| Logan County | 7 | 0% | 0% | 14.3% |
| Morgan County | 7 | 0% | 0% | 28.6% |
| Bureau County | 6 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Effingham County | 6 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| McDonough County | 6 | 16.7% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Shelby County | 6 | 0% | 0% | 16.7% |
| Woodford County | 6 | 16.7% | 0% | 50% |
| Carroll County | 5 | 0% | 0% | 60% |
| Douglas County | 5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| Iroquois County | 5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| Monroe County | 5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| Piatt County | 5 | 20% | 0% | 40% |
| Union County | 5 | 0% | 0% | 80% |
| White County | 5 | 0% | 0% | 60% |
| Alexander County | 4 | 25% | 25% | 50% |
| Christian County | 4 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| Clinton County | 4 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| Fayette County | 4 | 0% | 0% | 75% |
| Ford County | 4 | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| Greene County | 4 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Grundy County | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Lawrence County | 4 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| Montgomery County | 4 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| Pope County | 4 | 0% | 0% | 75% |
| Schuyler County | 4 | 25% | 0% | 0% |
| Stark County | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Whiteside County | 4 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Cass County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Clark County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Edwards County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Gallatin County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Hamilton County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Jasper County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Lee County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Massac County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Mercer County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Richland County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Warren County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Hancock County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Hardin County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Jo Daviess County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Johnson County | 2 | 50% | 0% | 0% |
| Moultrie County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Pulaski County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Wayne County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Brown County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Calhoun County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Clay County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Cumberland County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| DeWitt County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Edgar County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Marshall County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Mason County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Wabash County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
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