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 all of the released offenders in Henderson County were men. The median age of the parolees was 42. The youngest parolee was a 28-year-old man sentenced for a crime involving one or more weapons in 2021, and the oldest was a 55-year-old man sentenced for a crime involving drugs in 2023.
The offender incarcerated the longest was Preston M. Smith. He was convicted of a crime involving one or more weapons in 2021 when he was 24 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.
| County | Total Q1 2024 Parolees | % convicted for sex crimes | % convicted for homicide | % convicted for drug-related crimes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cook County | 1,549 | 7.7% | 8% | 7.6% |
| Winnebago County | 146 | 5.5% | 4.8% | 7.5% |
| Macon County | 116 | 4.3% | 4.3% | 19.8% |
| St. Clair County | 110 | 1.8% | 4.5% | 13.6% |
| Peoria County | 104 | 1% | 11.5% | 16.3% |
| Lake County | 89 | 9% | 5.6% | 11.2% |
| Kane County | 88 | 4.5% | 9.1% | 11.4% |
| Will County | 86 | 2.3% | 5.8% | 17.4% |
| Sangamon County | 83 | 19.3% | 6% | 20.5% |
| Champaign County | 72 | 0% | 0% | 19.4% |
| Madison County | 67 | 1.5% | 6% | 23.9% |
| DuPage County | 49 | 0% | 2% | 10.2% |
| McLean County | 43 | 0% | 4.7% | 25.6% |
| Vermilion County | 37 | 2.7% | 5.4% | 21.6% |
| Tazewell County | 31 | 6.5% | 0% | 16.1% |
| Rock Island County | 29 | 0% | 3.4% | 13.8% |
| Adams County | 27 | 14.8% | 3.7% | 29.6% |
| Jefferson County | 26 | 0% | 3.8% | 50% |
| Lasalle County | 25 | 0% | 0% | 44% |
| McHenry County | 24 | 4.2% | 4.2% | 33.3% |
| Kankakee County | 23 | 8.7% | 13% | 8.7% |
| Kendall County | 19 | 5.3% | 5.3% | 10.5% |
| Knox County | 19 | 0% | 0% | 15.8% |
| Henry County | 18 | 0% | 33.3% | 27.8% |
| Franklin County | 17 | 5.9% | 0% | 47.1% |
| Marion County | 17 | 0% | 0% | 52.9% |
| Jackson County | 16 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| Morgan County | 15 | 0% | 0% | 60% |
| DeWitt County | 14 | 0% | 7.1% | 42.9% |
| Macoupin County | 14 | 0% | 7.1% | 28.6% |
| Randolph County | 13 | 0% | 0% | 30.8% |
| Crawford County | 12 | 0% | 0% | 41.7% |
| DeKalb County | 12 | 0% | 8.3% | 8.3% |
| Logan County | 12 | 8.3% | 0% | 16.7% |
| Whiteside County | 12 | 8.3% | 8.3% | 16.7% |
| Lee County | 11 | 9.1% | 0% | 36.4% |
| Saline County | 11 | 0% | 18.2% | 18.2% |
| Stephenson County | 11 | 9.1% | 0% | 9.1% |
| Christian County | 10 | 20% | 10% | 10% |
| Clinton County | 10 | 10% | 0% | 30% |
| Montgomery County | 10 | 0% | 0% | 30% |
| Williamson County | 10 | 0% | 10% | 20% |
| Fulton County | 9 | 0% | 33.3% | 33.3% |
| White County | 9 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Coles County | 8 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| Edgar County | 8 | 12.5% | 12.5% | 37.5% |
| Fayette County | 8 | 12.5% | 0% | 62.5% |
| Livingston County | 8 | 0% | 0% | 62.5% |
| Union County | 8 | 12.5% | 0% | 62.5% |
| Ogle County | 7 | 14.3% | 28.6% | 0% |
| Perry County | 7 | 0% | 0% | 28.6% |
| Pike County | 7 | 0% | 0% | 71.4% |
| Clark County | 6 | 16.7% | 0% | 33.3% |
| McDonough County | 6 | 33.3% | 16.7% | 0% |
| Boone County | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Bureau County | 5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| Clay County | 5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| Effingham County | 5 | 0% | 0% | 80% |
| Richland County | 5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| Bond County | 4 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| Douglas County | 4 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Greene County | 4 | 0% | 25% | 50% |
| Moultrie County | 4 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Schuyler County | 4 | 75% | 0% | 0% |
| Shelby County | 4 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Wabash County | 4 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| Woodford County | 4 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| Brown County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 66.7% |
| Cass County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Cumberland County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Ford County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Henderson County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Iroquois County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 66.7% |
| Jersey County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Johnson County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 66.7% |
| Mason County | 3 | 33.3% | 0% | 0% |
| Menard County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Alexander County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Grundy County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Hamilton County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Monroe County | 2 | 0% | 50% | 0% |
| Piatt County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Scott County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Stark County | 2 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| Warren County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Washington County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Wayne County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Calhoun County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Carroll County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Edwards County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Gallatin County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Hancock County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Jasper County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Jo Daviess County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Lawrence County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Marshall County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pope County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Pulaski County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Putnam County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
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