Alyssa Williams, Assistant Director at IDOC | Illinois Department of Corrections oficial website
Alyssa Williams, Assistant Director at IDOC | Illinois Department of Corrections oficial website
The data shows that a man and a woman were among the parolees. The median age of the parolees sentenced for financial crimes or fraud was 29. The younger parolee was a 28-year-old woman sentenced in 2023, and the oldest was a 29-year-old man sentenced in 2022.
The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Jamar T. Whiteside-Banks. He was convicted in 2022 when he was 27 years old. He is now 29.
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 Number of Parolees | % Women | % Men | Median age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cook County | 24 | 25% | 75% | 38 |
| Lake County | 4 | 0% | 100% | 37.5 |
| Winnebago County | 3 | 33.3% | 66.7% | 39 |
| Sangamon County | 2 | 0% | 100% | 42 |
| McLean County | 2 | 50% | 50% | 41 |
| Scott County | 2 | 0% | 100% | 43.5 |
| St. Clair County | 2 | 0% | 100% | 43 |
| Union County | 2 | 50% | 50% | 40.5 |
| Knox County | 2 | 50% | 50% | 28.5 |
| Kendall County | 2 | 50% | 50% | 47 |
| Vermilion County | 2 | 0% | 100% | 42.5 |
| White County | 2 | 50% | 50% | 28 |
| Jackson County | 2 | 0% | 100% | 47 |
| Clay County | 2 | 0% | 100% | 26 |
| Tazewell County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 23 |
| Will County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 52 |
| Williamson County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 49 |
| Menard County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 29 |
| Madison County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 45 |
| Macon County | 1 | 100% | 0% | 45 |
| Logan County | 1 | 100% | 0% | 33 |
| Lasalle County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 37 |
| Kane County | 1 | 100% | 0% | 25 |
| Jefferson County | 1 | 100% | 0% | 48 |
| Fulton County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 43 |
| DeWitt County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 39 |
| Christian County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 38 |
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