Sophia Manuel, Policy Advisor for Reform Initiatives at IDOC | Illinois Department of Corrections oficial website
Sophia Manuel, Policy Advisor for Reform Initiatives at IDOC | Illinois Department of Corrections oficial website
The data shows that eight men and one woman were released in Whiteside County. The median age of the parolees was 35. The youngest parolee was a 25-year-old man sentenced for a crime involving one or more weapons in 2023, and the oldest was a 46-year-old woman sentenced for a crime involving drugs in 2023.
The offender incarcerated the longest was Jeremy R. Rodriguez. He was convicted of a crime against a person in 2008 when he was 18 years old. He is now 35.
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 Q4 2023 Parolees | % convicted for sex crimes | % convicted for homicide | % convicted for drug-related crimes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cook County | 1,521 | 8.4% | 4.7% | 8.9% |
| Winnebago County | 122 | 6.6% | 0.8% | 15.6% |
| Lake County | 111 | 9.9% | 2.7% | 9% |
| Macon County | 105 | 0% | 1% | 21.9% |
| St. Clair County | 102 | 0% | 2% | 18.6% |
| Will County | 88 | 4.5% | 4.5% | 17% |
| Kane County | 75 | 8% | 2.7% | 16% |
| Peoria County | 73 | 0% | 11% | 19.2% |
| Madison County | 72 | 2.8% | 2.8% | 25% |
| Sangamon County | 70 | 10% | 2.9% | 17.1% |
| DuPage County | 59 | 5.1% | 8.5% | 6.8% |
| Champaign County | 51 | 2% | 2% | 21.6% |
| McLean County | 38 | 13.2% | 2.6% | 39.5% |
| Kankakee County | 32 | 6.3% | 0% | 25% |
| Vermilion County | 32 | 3.1% | 6.3% | 18.8% |
| Rock Island County | 27 | 3.7% | 3.7% | 33.3% |
| Tazewell County | 26 | 15.4% | 0% | 30.8% |
| Jefferson County | 24 | 8.3% | 0% | 33.3% |
| McHenry County | 24 | 0% | 4.2% | 37.5% |
| Adams County | 23 | 0% | 0% | 47.8% |
| Kendall County | 22 | 0% | 0% | 27.3% |
| Lasalle County | 22 | 0% | 0% | 36.4% |
| Marion County | 21 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Franklin County | 20 | 10% | 0% | 50% |
| Pike County | 17 | 11.8% | 0% | 47.1% |
| Henry County | 16 | 0% | 6.3% | 50% |
| Knox County | 16 | 6.3% | 6.3% | 43.8% |
| Coles County | 15 | 13.3% | 0% | 40% |
| Stephenson County | 14 | 0% | 0% | 14.3% |
| Christian County | 13 | 7.7% | 0% | 53.8% |
| Jackson County | 13 | 0% | 0% | 7.7% |
| Williamson County | 13 | 15.4% | 0% | 15.4% |
| Morgan County | 12 | 0% | 0% | 58.3% |
| Randolph County | 12 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Crawford County | 11 | 0% | 0% | 54.5% |
| Macoupin County | 11 | 0% | 0% | 45.5% |
| Mason County | 11 | 9.1% | 0% | 36.4% |
| White County | 11 | 0% | 0% | 45.5% |
| Boone County | 10 | 10% | 0% | 10% |
| Jersey County | 9 | 0% | 0% | 22.2% |
| Logan County | 9 | 22.2% | 0% | 0% |
| Saline County | 9 | 11.1% | 0% | 22.2% |
| Whiteside County | 9 | 11.1% | 0% | 22.2% |
| Clark County | 8 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| DeKalb County | 8 | 12.5% | 0% | 12.5% |
| Lawrence County | 8 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Union County | 8 | 12.5% | 0% | 25% |
| Bureau County | 7 | 0% | 0% | 42.9% |
| Edgar County | 7 | 14.3% | 0% | 0% |
| Effingham County | 7 | 0% | 0% | 42.9% |
| Livingston County | 7 | 0% | 0% | 28.6% |
| Bond County | 6 | 0% | 0% | 66.7% |
| Grundy County | 6 | 0% | 33.3% | 33.3% |
| Marshall County | 6 | 0% | 16.7% | 33.3% |
| Massac County | 6 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Shelby County | 6 | 0% | 0% | 83.3% |
| Carroll County | 5 | 20% | 0% | 20% |
| Johnson County | 5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| Montgomery County | 5 | 0% | 0% | 60% |
| Perry County | 5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| Richland County | 5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| Clinton County | 4 | 0% | 0% | 75% |
| DeWitt County | 4 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| Fayette County | 4 | 25% | 0% | 50% |
| Fulton County | 4 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| Gallatin County | 4 | 25% | 0% | 25% |
| Menard County | 4 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| Warren County | 4 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Douglas County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 66.7% |
| Hancock County | 3 | 33.3% | 0% | 66.7% |
| Lee County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Piatt County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 66.7% |
| Pulaski County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Wabash County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 66.7% |
| Wayne County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Woodford County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Cass County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Clay County | 2 | 50% | 0% | 0% |
| Cumberland County | 2 | 0% | 50% | 0% |
| Greene County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Iroquois County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Mercer County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Moultrie County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Ogle County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Schuyler County | 2 | 50% | 0% | 50% |
| Stark County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Washington County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Alexander County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Edwards County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Ford County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Hamilton County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Henderson County | 1 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Jasper County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Jo Daviess County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| McDonough County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
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