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Q1 Recap: 1 parolee from Logan County convicted of a financial crime or fraud set for supervised release

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Alyssa Williams, Assistant Director at IDOC | Illinois Department of Corrections oficial website

Alyssa Williams, Assistant Director at IDOC | Illinois Department of Corrections oficial website

There was one offender convicted of a financial crime or fraud living in Logan County released on parole during the first quarter of 2024, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the Sangamon Sun.

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.

Prisoners convicted of financial crimes or fraud paroled in Q1 2024
CountyTotal Number of Parolees% Women% MenMedian age
Cook County2425%75%38
Lake County40%100%37.5
Winnebago County333.3%66.7%39
Sangamon County20%100%42
McLean County250%50%41
Scott County20%100%43.5
St. Clair County20%100%43
Union County250%50%40.5
Knox County250%50%28.5
Kendall County250%50%47
Vermilion County20%100%42.5
White County250%50%28
Jackson County20%100%47
Clay County20%100%26
Tazewell County10%100%23
Will County10%100%52
Williamson County10%100%49
Menard County10%100%29
Madison County10%100%45
Macon County1100%0%45
Logan County1100%0%33
Lasalle County10%100%37
Kane County1100%0%25
Jefferson County1100%0%48
Fulton County10%100%43
DeWitt County10%100%39
Christian County10%100%38

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