Latoya Hughes Director at Illinois Department of Corrections | Official website
Latoya Hughes Director at Illinois Department of Corrections | Official website
The data shows that 12 men and four women were released in Schuyler County. Of the parolees, one was a veteran, and the median age was 50. The youngest parolee was a 24-year-old man convicted of a crime against a person in 2019, and the oldest was a 65-year-old man convicted of a sex crime in 2021.
The offender who was incarcerated the longest was Larry Chestnut. He was convicted of a sex crime in 1986 when he was 26 years old. He is now 65.
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 2023 Parolees | % convicted for sex crimes | % convicted for homicide | % convicted for drug-related crimes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | 80 | 1.3% | 1.3% | 27.5% |
| Alexander County | 12 | 0% | 8.3% | 33.3% |
| Bond County | 18 | 0% | 0% | 38.9% |
| Boone County | 44 | 18.2% | 0% | 11.4% |
| Brown County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Bureau County | 23 | 8.7% | 0% | 30.4% |
| Calhoun County | 7 | 0% | 0% | 57.1% |
| Carroll County | 14 | 14.3% | 7.1% | 42.9% |
| Cass County | 11 | 0% | 0% | 63.6% |
| Champaign County | 182 | 4.4% | 1.1% | 15.9% |
| Christian County | 49 | 6.1% | 0% | 42.9% |
| Clark County | 17 | 5.9% | 0% | 5.9% |
| Clay County | 9 | 0% | 0% | 55.6% |
| Clinton County | 24 | 0% | 4.2% | 29.2% |
| Coles County | 54 | 3.7% | 0% | 46.3% |
| Cook County | 5,829 | 7.2% | 4.1% | 10.5% |
| Crawford County | 40 | 2.5% | 0% | 52.5% |
| Cumberland County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| DeKalb County | 51 | 5.9% | 2% | 17.6% |
| DeWitt County | 15 | 0% | 0% | 26.7% |
| Douglas County | 18 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Dupage County | 220 | 4.1% | 5.9% | 12.7% |
| Edgar County | 28 | 7.1% | 0% | 25% |
| Edwards County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Effingham County | 30 | 0% | 3.3% | 43.3% |
| Fayette County | 31 | 3.2% | 0% | 32.3% |
| Ford County | 5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| Franklin County | 57 | 7% | 1.8% | 40.4% |
| Fulton County | 27 | 14.8% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Gallatin County | 6 | 16.7% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Greene County | 14 | 0% | 0% | 35.7% |
| Grundy County | 18 | 0% | 5.6% | 22.2% |
| Hamilton County | 6 | 16.7% | 0% | 0% |
| Hancock County | 17 | 5.9% | 0% | 52.9% |
| Hardin County | 4 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Henderson County | 6 | 16.7% | 0% | 16.7% |
| Henry County | 45 | 2.2% | 8.9% | 40% |
| Iroquois County | 14 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Jackson County | 58 | 3.4% | 0% | 13.8% |
| Jasper County | 8 | 12.5% | 0% | 37.5% |
| Jefferson County | 81 | 9.9% | 0% | 35.8% |
| Jersey County | 23 | 4.3% | 0% | 39.1% |
| Jo Daviess County | 8 | 37.5% | 0% | 25% |
| Johnson County | 11 | 18.2% | 0% | 18.2% |
| Kane County | 288 | 6.3% | 2.4% | 17% |
| Kankakee County | 110 | 2.7% | 1.8% | 19.1% |
| Kendall County | 57 | 1.8% | 5.3% | 29.8% |
| Knox County | 47 | 2.1% | 2.1% | 23.4% |
| Lake County | 350 | 10.9% | 2% | 12.9% |
| Lasalle County | 82 | 1.2% | 0% | 37.8% |
| Lawrence County | 24 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Lee County | 23 | 13% | 0% | 17.4% |
| Livingston County | 40 | 2.5% | 0% | 27.5% |
| Logan County | 28 | 10.7% | 0% | 14.3% |
| Macon County | 404 | 1.7% | 1.2% | 17.6% |
| Macoupin County | 38 | 2.6% | 0% | 36.8% |
| Madison County | 282 | 2.8% | 1.1% | 29.4% |
| Marion County | 73 | 4.1% | 1.4% | 37% |
| Marshall County | 12 | 0% | 8.3% | 50% |
| Mason County | 22 | 18.2% | 0% | 27.3% |
| Massac County | 23 | 13% | 0% | 21.7% |
| McDonough County | 10 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| McHenry County | 122 | 6.6% | 3.3% | 23.8% |
| McLean County | 140 | 8.6% | 2.9% | 33.6% |
| Menard County | 7 | 0% | 0% | 57.1% |
| Mercer County | 7 | 0% | 0% | 28.6% |
| Monroe County | 16 | 0% | 0% | 43.8% |
| Montgomery County | 29 | 6.9% | 3.4% | 34.5% |
| Morgan County | 35 | 0% | 0% | 45.7% |
| Moultrie County | 5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| Ogle County | 16 | 18.8% | 0% | 12.5% |
| Peoria County | 296 | 5.1% | 9.8% | 18.6% |
| Perry County | 18 | 0% | 5.6% | 11.1% |
| Piatt County | 12 | 16.7% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Pike County | 45 | 4.4% | 0% | 53.3% |
| Pulaski County | 5 | 0% | 0% | 60% |
| Putnam County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Randolph County | 56 | 7.1% | 0% | 41.1% |
| Richland County | 20 | 5% | 0% | 50% |
| Rock Island County | 102 | 2.9% | 1% | 29.4% |
| Saline County | 34 | 2.9% | 0% | 14.7% |
| Sangamon County | 251 | 15.1% | 2% | 17.1% |
| Schuyler County | 16 | 37.5% | 0% | 31.3% |
| Shelby County | 23 | 4.3% | 0% | 47.8% |
| St. Clair County | 400 | 2% | 2.8% | 19.5% |
| Stark County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Stephenson County | 51 | 2% | 2% | 17.6% |
| Tazewell County | 105 | 4.8% | 3.8% | 31.4% |
| Union County | 24 | 4.2% | 0% | 37.5% |
| Vermilion County | 113 | 4.4% | 2.7% | 17.7% |
| Wabash County | 11 | 18.2% | 0% | 45.5% |
| Warren County | 12 | 0% | 0% | 58.3% |
| Washington County | 7 | 28.6% | 0% | 14.3% |
| Wayne County | 10 | 0% | 0% | 60% |
| White County | 25 | 0% | 0% | 52% |
| Whiteside County | 30 | 10% | 0% | 20% |
| Will County | 322 | 3.1% | 2.8% | 16.1% |
| Williamson County | 54 | 7.4% | 1.9% | 29.6% |
| Winnebago County | 464 | 12.9% | 1.3% | 15.1% |
| Woodford County | 19 | 0% | 0% | 15.8% |
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