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Q2 2023 Parolees Recap: Who was paroled in Sangamon County?

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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 64 offenders living in Sangamon County released on parole during the second quarter of 2023, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by Sangamon Sun.

The data shows that 54 men and 10 women were released in Sangamon County. Of the parolees, two were veterans, and the median age was 40. The youngest parolee was a 20-year-old man sentenced for a crime involving one or more weapons in 2022, and the oldest was a 91-year-old man sentenced for a sex crime in 2017.

The offender incarcerated the longest was Angel Sanchez. He was convicted of homicide in 1985 when he was 21 years old. He is now 60.

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.

Breakdown of Offenders Paroled in Each Illinois County in Q2 2023
CountyTotal Q2 2023 Parolees% convicted for sex crimes% convicted for homicide% convicted for drug-related crimes
Cook County1,5776.5%3.9%9.9%
Winnebago County12210.7%2.5%14.8%
St. Clair County1161.7%3.4%22.4%
Macon County1034.9%1%11.7%
Kane County881.1%2.3%19.3%
Lake County8813.6%1.1%20.5%
Will County855.9%2.4%17.6%
Peoria County707.1%8.6%14.3%
Madison County690%0%36.2%
Sangamon County6410.9%3.1%21.9%
Champaign County539.4%0%9.4%
DuPage County429.5%0%16.7%
McHenry County382.6%2.6%18.4%
McLean County372.7%2.7%24.3%
Rock Island County293.4%0%24.1%
Kankakee County273.7%3.7%22.2%
Tazewell County273.7%3.7%14.8%
Lasalle County230%0%30.4%
Vermilion County220%0%22.7%
Marion County200%0%40%
Stephenson County180%5.6%22.2%
Jefferson County175.9%0%29.4%
Adams County166.3%0%25%
DeKalb County166.3%0%25%
Randolph County160%0%50%
Coles County150%0%46.7%
Franklin County156.7%6.7%26.7%
Fayette County130%0%30.8%
Williamson County130%0%30.8%
Boone County1241.7%0%0%
Macoupin County120%0%25%
Christian County110%0%45.5%
Kendall County119.1%0%9.1%
Crawford County100%0%40%
Jackson County100%0%30%
Union County100%0%60%
Henry County90%22.2%33.3%
Montgomery County90%0%66.7%
Whiteside County911.1%0%33.3%
Effingham County80%12.5%50%
Iroquois County80%0%62.5%
Knox County80%0%12.5%
Livingston County80%0%25%
Richland County80%0%75%
Bond County70%0%28.6%
Edgar County70%0%42.9%
Monroe County70%0%57.1%
Pike County70%0%85.7%
Saline County70%0%28.6%
Clinton County616.7%0%33.3%
Fulton County60%0%50%
Lawrence County60%0%66.7%
Lee County616.7%0%16.7%
Morgan County60%0%33.3%
Ogle County616.7%0%16.7%
Perry County60%16.7%0%
White County60%0%50%
Bureau County50%0%60%
Carroll County520%0%60%
Cass County50%0%60%
Jersey County50%0%80%
Schuyler County50%0%40%
Shelby County50%0%60%
Wabash County540%0%20%
Clay County40%0%75%
DeWitt County40%0%0%
Greene County40%0%50%
Mason County40%0%0%
Massac County425%0%25%
McDonough County40%0%75%
Cumberland County30%0%66.7%
Ford County30%0%66.7%
Hancock County30%0%66.7%
Jasper County333.3%0%0%
Logan County30%0%0%
Piatt County333.3%0%0%
Warren County30%0%100%
Calhoun County20%0%100%
Clark County250%0%0%
Douglas County20%0%50%
Hardin County20%0%50%
Henderson County20%0%0%
Pulaski County20%0%50%
Woodford County20%0%0%
Brown County10%0%100%
Edwards County10%0%100%
Gallatin County10%0%100%
Hamilton County10%0%0%
Jo Daviess County10%0%100%
Johnson County10%0%0%
Marshall County10%0%100%
Mercer County10%0%0%
Moultrie County10%0%0%
Putnam County10%0%0%
Washington County10%0%0%
Wayne County10%0%0%

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