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Monday, December 23, 2024

Q1 2023 Parolees Recap: Who was paroled in McLean 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 31 offenders living in McLean County released on parole during the first quarter of 2023, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by McLean County Times.

The data shows that all of the released offenders in McLean County were men. The median age of the parolees was 36. The youngest parolee was a 20-year-old man sentenced for a property crime in 2022, and the oldest was a 63-year-old man sentenced for a crime involving drugs in 2021.

The offender incarcerated the longest was Jonathan Stone. He was convicted of homicide in 2002 when he was 20 years old. He is now 43.

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 Q1 2023
CountyTotal Q1 2023 Parolees% convicted for sex crimes% convicted for homicide% convicted for drug-related crimes
Cook County1,2626.4%3.8%12.7%
Winnebago County999.1%0%18.2%
Lake County9112.1%2.2%13.2%
Macon County822.4%2.4%19.5%
Will County772.6%2.6%18.2%
St. Clair County746.8%0%16.2%
Peoria County726.9%4.2%23.6%
Kane County705.7%2.9%15.7%
DuPage County623.2%4.8%16.1%
Sangamon County6224.2%3.2%9.7%
Madison County611.6%4.9%31.1%
Champaign County484.2%2.1%18.8%
Vermilion County3910.3%2.6%5.1%
McLean County3116.1%3.2%22.6%
McHenry County3013.3%3.3%16.7%
Kankakee County270%0%22.2%
Jackson County248.3%0%12.5%
Tazewell County244.2%4.2%37.5%
Rock Island County229.1%0%36.4%
Adams County210%4.8%19%
Lasalle County195.3%0%26.3%
DeKalb County1711.8%0%11.8%
Jefferson County175.9%5.9%41.2%
Marion County1513.3%0%33.3%
Randolph County1421.4%0%42.9%
Boone County130%0%15.4%
Kendall County130%7.7%46.2%
Knox County130%0%15.4%
Williamson County137.7%0%23.1%
Crawford County128.3%0%58.3%
Franklin County1216.7%0%25%
Livingston County110%9.1%27.3%
Christian County1010%0%10%
Coles County100%0%50%
Henry County100%10%30%
Macoupin County100%0%40%
Morgan County100%0%40%
Stephenson County1010%0%20%
Clinton County90%0%22.2%
Fulton County933.3%0%33.3%
Grundy County90%0%55.6%
Montgomery County911.1%11.1%11.1%
Edgar County812.5%0%25%
Hancock County80%0%62.5%
Whiteside County812.5%0%12.5%
Effingham County70%0%42.9%
Lee County714.3%0%42.9%
Monroe County70%0%28.6%
Woodford County70%0%28.6%
Bureau County633.3%0%16.7%
Fayette County60%0%0%
Lawrence County60%0%16.7%
Pike County60%0%66.7%
Alexander County50%0%40%
Douglas County50%0%0%
Logan County520%0%60%
Saline County50%0%0%
Marshall County40%0%50%
Moultrie County40%0%25%
Piatt County425%0%25%
Shelby County40%0%25%
Union County40%0%25%
Calhoun County30%0%66.7%
Cass County30%0%100%
Clark County30%0%0%
Iroquois County30%0%0%
Jasper County30%0%66.7%
Mason County366.7%0%0%
Massac County30%0%66.7%
Menard County30%0%66.7%
Richland County333.3%0%33.3%
Schuyler County333.3%0%33.3%
Bond County20%0%0%
Carroll County20%50%50%
Jersey County250%0%0%
Jo Daviess County2100%0%0%
Ogle County20%0%0%
Perry County20%0%0%
Wabash County20%0%50%
Wayne County20%0%100%
DeWitt County10%0%100%
Edwards County10%0%0%
Hamilton County1100%0%0%
Henderson County10%0%0%
Johnson County10%0%0%
McDonough County10%0%0%
Mercer County10%0%0%
Pulaski County10%0%100%
Warren County10%0%0%
Washington County1100%0%0%
White County10%0%100%

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