Alyssa Williams, Assistant Director at IDOC | Illinois Department of Corrections oficial website
Alyssa Williams, Assistant Director at IDOC | Illinois Department of Corrections oficial website
The data shows that the released offender was a woman. She was convicted in 2024 when she was 32 years old. She is now 33.
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 | 24 | 25% | 75% | 38 |
Lake County | 4 | 0% | 100% | 37.5 |
Winnebago County | 3 | 33.3% | 66.7% | 39 |
Sangamon County | 2 | 0% | 100% | 42 |
McLean County | 2 | 50% | 50% | 41 |
Scott County | 2 | 0% | 100% | 43.5 |
St. Clair County | 2 | 0% | 100% | 43 |
Union County | 2 | 50% | 50% | 40.5 |
Knox County | 2 | 50% | 50% | 28.5 |
Kendall County | 2 | 50% | 50% | 47 |
Vermilion County | 2 | 0% | 100% | 42.5 |
White County | 2 | 50% | 50% | 28 |
Jackson County | 2 | 0% | 100% | 47 |
Clay County | 2 | 0% | 100% | 26 |
Tazewell County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 23 |
Will County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 52 |
Williamson County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 49 |
Menard County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 29 |
Madison County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 45 |
Macon County | 1 | 100% | 0% | 45 |
Logan County | 1 | 100% | 0% | 33 |
Lasalle County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 37 |
Kane County | 1 | 100% | 0% | 25 |
Jefferson County | 1 | 100% | 0% | 48 |
Fulton County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 43 |
DeWitt County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 39 |
Christian County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 38 |