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 six men and two women were released on parole in Pike County during 2024. The median age of the parolees was 36. The youngest parolee was a 30-year-old man sentenced for a property crime in 2023, and the oldest was a 49-year-old man sentenced for a crime against a person in 2023.
The offender incarcerated the longest was Kyle Smith. He was convicted of a property crime in 2021 when he was 31 years old. He is now 36.
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 Q4 2024 Parolees | % convicted for sex crimes | % convicted for homicide | % convicted for drug-related crimes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cook County | 1,327 | 9% | 3.8% | 8.1% |
| Winnebago County | 116 | 9.5% | 4.3% | 14.7% |
| Macon County | 115 | 1.7% | 1.7% | 7.8% |
| St. Clair County | 106 | 0.9% | 2.8% | 17% |
| Peoria County | 87 | 5.7% | 10.3% | 20.7% |
| Lake County | 82 | 13.4% | 2.4% | 11% |
| Sangamon County | 80 | 12.5% | 5% | 21.3% |
| Madison County | 66 | 3% | 6.1% | 34.8% |
| Will County | 62 | 3.2% | 6.5% | 17.7% |
| Kane County | 56 | 7.1% | 1.8% | 21.4% |
| Champaign County | 50 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| DuPage County | 41 | 2.4% | 7.3% | 17.1% |
| McLean County | 40 | 0% | 0% | 30% |
| Adams County | 25 | 0% | 4% | 44% |
| McHenry County | 20 | 5% | 15% | 15% |
| Lasalle County | 19 | 0% | 0% | 10.5% |
| Vermilion County | 19 | 0% | 0% | 15.8% |
| Kankakee County | 18 | 0% | 5.6% | 22.2% |
| Marion County | 18 | 11.1% | 0% | 16.7% |
| Rock Island County | 18 | 0% | 0% | 27.8% |
| Tazewell County | 18 | 0% | 0% | 22.2% |
| Jackson County | 17 | 5.9% | 0% | 29.4% |
| Coles County | 14 | 0% | 7.1% | 28.6% |
| Kendall County | 14 | 14.3% | 0% | 28.6% |
| Jefferson County | 13 | 0% | 0% | 38.5% |
| Williamson County | 13 | 0% | 0% | 38.5% |
| Livingston County | 11 | 9.1% | 0% | 36.4% |
| Schuyler County | 11 | 27.3% | 0% | 9.1% |
| Henry County | 10 | 10% | 10% | 30% |
| Logan County | 10 | 0% | 10% | 20% |
| Montgomery County | 10 | 0% | 0% | 70% |
| Franklin County | 9 | 0% | 0% | 44.4% |
| Macoupin County | 9 | 0% | 11.1% | 44.4% |
| Randolph County | 9 | 0% | 0% | 55.6% |
| Christian County | 8 | 0% | 0% | 62.5% |
| Effingham County | 8 | 0% | 0% | 62.5% |
| Fayette County | 8 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Lawrence County | 8 | 0% | 0% | 75% |
| Pike County | 8 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Stephenson County | 8 | 0% | 0% | 12.5% |
| Crawford County | 7 | 14.3% | 0% | 42.9% |
| DeKalb County | 7 | 0% | 0% | 28.6% |
| Knox County | 7 | 14.3% | 0% | 28.6% |
| Morgan County | 7 | 0% | 0% | 42.9% |
| Wayne County | 7 | 0% | 0% | 57.1% |
| Whiteside County | 7 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Deported County | 6 | 66.7% | 0% | 16.7% |
| Iroquois County | 6 | 33.3% | 0% | 16.7% |
| Massac County | 6 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Mercer County | 6 | 0% | 0% | 16.7% |
| Carroll County | 5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| Clay County | 5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| Fulton County | 5 | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| Mason County | 5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| Woodford County | 5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| Bond County | 4 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Boone County | 4 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Bureau County | 4 | 25% | 0% | 25% |
| Edgar County | 4 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| Greene County | 4 | 25% | 0% | 50% |
| Jersey County | 4 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| McDonough County | 4 | 25% | 0% | 25% |
| Perry County | 4 | 25% | 0% | 75% |
| White County | 4 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| Clark County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Clinton County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Grundy County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Hamilton County | 3 | 33.3% | 0% | 0% |
| Hardin County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 66.7% |
| Richland County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Saline County | 3 | 33.3% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Shelby County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 66.7% |
| Wabash County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Alexander County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| DeWitt County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Edwards County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Ford County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Hancock County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Johnson County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Marshall County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Ogle County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Piatt County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Pope County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Pulaski County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Union County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Warren County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Calhoun County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Cumberland County | 1 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Douglas County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Gallatin County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Jasper County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Lee County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Menard County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Monroe County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Stark County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Washington County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
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