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Q2 2023 Recap: 12 parolees from Sangamon County convicted of crimes involving weapons set for supervised release

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

The data shows that 11 men and one woman were among the parolees. The median age of the parolees sentenced for crimes involving weapons was 27. The youngest parolee was a 20-year-old man sentenced in 2022, and the oldest was a 51-year-old man sentenced in 2022.

The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Waylon E. Madden. He was convicted in 2016 when he was 31 years old. He is now 39.

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 crimes involving weapons paroled in Q2 2023
CountyTotal Number of Parolees% Women% MenMedian age
Cook County5620.9%99.1%31
Lake County263.8%96.2%31
Will County240%100%32
Macon County240%100%30
St. Clair County234.3%95.7%37
Winnebago County220%100%27
Champaign County150%100%25
Kane County130%100%31
Dupage County120%100%31.5
Sangamon County128.3%91.7%26.5
Peoria County110%100%33
McLean County100%100%33.5
Madison County80%100%42
Kankakee County60%100%28.5
Stephenson County50%100%28
Vermilion County50%100%35
McHenry County520%80%40
Randolph County30%100%38
Kendall County30%100%33
Adams County30%100%31
Rock Island County20%100%26
Saline County20%100%33
Tazewell County20%100%26.5
Williamson County20%100%32
Marion County20%100%37.5
Lasalle County20%100%31
DeKalb County20%100%39
Knox County250%50%45
Fayette County20%100%32.5
Woodford County10%100%28
Clark County10%100%31
Clay County10%100%35
Coles County10%100%41
Whiteside County10%100%24
DeWitt County10%100%33
Hancock County10%100%37
Henry County10%100%33
Jasper County10%100%64
Jefferson County10%100%40
Richland County10%100%37
Pulaski County10%100%30
Perry County10%100%46
Lee County10%100%40
McDonough County10%100%33
Massac County10%100%36
Mason County10%100%27

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