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Q4 2023 Recap: 1 parolee from McHenry County convicted of homicide set for supervised release

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Justin Hammers, Chief of Operations at IDOC | Illinois Department of Corrections oficial website

Justin Hammers, Chief of Operations at IDOC | Illinois Department of Corrections oficial website

There was one offender convicted of homicide living in McHenry County released on parole during the fourth quarter of 2023, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the McHenry Times.

The data shows that the released offender was a woman. She was convicted in 2021 when she was 36 years old. She is now 39.

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 homicide paroled in Q4 2023
CountyTotal Number of Parolees% Women% MenMedian age
Cook County724.2%95.8%43
Peoria County80%100%49.5
DuPage County520%80%37
Will County40%100%36
Lake County30%100%54
Grundy County20%100%48.5
Vermilion County20%100%40.5
Kane County20%100%46.5
St. Clair County20%100%68.5
Sangamon County20%100%42
Madison County250%50%40
Winnebago County10%100%65
Rock Island County10%100%63
McLean County10%100%46
McHenry County1100%0%39
Marshall County10%100%31
Macon County10%100%51
Knox County10%100%53
Henry County10%100%46
Cumberland County10%100%51
Champaign County10%100%51

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