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Monday, December 23, 2024

Q1 2023 Recap: 5 parolees from McLean County convicted of property crimes set for supervised release

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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

There were five offenders convicted of property crimes living in McLean County released on parole during the first quarter of 2023, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the McLean County Times.

The data shows that all of the released offenders among the parolees were men. The median age of the parolees sentenced for property crimes was 28. The youngest parolee was a 20-year-old man sentenced in 2022, and the oldest was a 53-year-old man sentenced in 2022.

The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Andy Bernard. He was convicted in 2021 when he was 25 years old. He is now 28.

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 property crimes paroled in Q1 2023
CountyTotal Number of Parolees% Women% MenMedian age
Cook County3304.2%95.8%37
Will County220%100%33.5
Winnebago County224.5%95.5%35
St. Clair County2119%81%37
Madison County1910.5%89.5%30
Peoria County1910.5%89.5%35
Kane County175.9%94.1%31
Dupage County1717.6%82.4%41
Lake County156.7%93.3%33
Macon County137.7%92.3%43
Sangamon County1315.4%84.6%36
Vermilion County1216.7%83.3%39
Jackson County922.2%77.8%43
McHenry County837.5%62.5%31
Champaign County80%100%31.5
Kankakee County60%100%34
Franklin County633.3%66.7%33
Tazewell County616.7%83.3%36.5
Rock Island County560%40%33
Marion County520%80%34
McLean County50%100%28
Lasalle County540%60%41
Henry County50%100%37
Adams County50%100%40
Whiteside County520%80%29
Morgan County40%100%46.5
Christian County425%75%38
Macoupin County425%75%39
Montgomery County30%100%40
Saline County333.3%66.7%48
Boone County30%100%61
Williamson County30%100%46
DeKalb County30%100%36
Edgar County30%100%31
Livingston County30%100%34
Knox County30%100%37
Kendall County30%100%37
Fayette County30%100%43
Grundy County30%100%29
Lawrence County20%100%43.5
Bond County20%100%38
Monroe County20%100%40.5
Moultrie County250%50%45.5
Alexander County20%100%45.5
Jefferson County20%100%31.5
Stephenson County10%100%29
Warren County10%100%46
Woodford County10%100%46
Wabash County10%100%53
Perry County10%100%48
Ogle County10%100%39
Menard County10%100%38
McDonough County10%100%42
Marshall County10%100%36
Lee County10%100%36
Jersey County10%100%36
Iroquois County10%100%40
Hancock County10%100%36
Effingham County10%100%55
Edwards County10%100%33
Douglas County10%100%42
Crawford County10%100%41
Coles County10%100%32
Clinton County10%100%41

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