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 all of the released offenders among the parolees were men. The median age of the parolees sentenced for crimes involving weapons was 39. The youngest parolee was a 28-year-old man sentenced in 2021, and the oldest was a 52-year-old man sentenced in 2024.
The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Keithsaun E. Lytle. He was convicted in 2021 when he was 25 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 Number of Parolees | % Women | % Men | Median age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cook County | 486 | 0.8% | 99.2% | 31 |
| Lake County | 23 | 4.3% | 95.7% | 28 |
| Peoria County | 21 | 4.8% | 95.2% | 30 |
| Will County | 19 | 0% | 100% | 32 |
| Macon County | 17 | 5.9% | 94.1% | 34 |
| Sangamon County | 17 | 5.9% | 94.1% | 30 |
| Champaign County | 16 | 0% | 100% | 32.5 |
| Winnebago County | 16 | 0% | 100% | 26 |
| St. Clair County | 15 | 6.7% | 93.3% | 34 |
| Kane County | 14 | 0% | 100% | 27 |
| Vermilion County | 8 | 12.5% | 87.5% | 30 |
| Kankakee County | 8 | 0% | 100% | 28 |
| McLean County | 7 | 14.3% | 85.7% | 29 |
| Madison County | 7 | 0% | 100% | 39 |
| DuPage County | 7 | 0% | 100% | 28 |
| Rock Island County | 4 | 0% | 100% | 29 |
| Williamson County | 4 | 25% | 75% | 34.5 |
| Knox County | 4 | 0% | 100% | 23 |
| Jackson County | 4 | 25% | 75% | 41 |
| Adams County | 4 | 0% | 100% | 32.5 |
| Coles County | 4 | 0% | 100% | 34 |
| Tazewell County | 3 | 33.3% | 66.7% | 40 |
| Ogle County | 3 | 33.3% | 66.7% | 41 |
| Morgan County | 3 | 0% | 100% | 30 |
| McHenry County | 3 | 0% | 100% | 32 |
| DeKalb County | 3 | 0% | 100% | 33 |
| Stephenson County | 2 | 0% | 100% | 20.5 |
| Livingston County | 2 | 0% | 100% | 29 |
| Henry County | 2 | 0% | 100% | 41.5 |
| Franklin County | 2 | 0% | 100% | 39.5 |
| Pope County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 24 |
| Pulaski County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 33 |
| Clinton County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 39 |
| Saline County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 34 |
| Clay County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 35 |
| Shelby County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 34 |
| Clark County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 55 |
| Stark County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 26 |
| Jefferson County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 25 |
| Jasper County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 36 |
| Union County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 21 |
| Carroll County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 27 |
| Wayne County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 47 |
| Boone County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 21 |
| Bond County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 24 |
| Perry County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 40 |
| Jo Daviess County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 26 |
| Hamilton County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 31 |
| Greene County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 30 |
| Montgomery County | 1 | 100% | 0% | 37 |
| Mercer County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 34 |
| Crawford County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 26 |
| Kendall County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 22 |
| Massac County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 32 |
| Mason County | 1 | 100% | 0% | 37 |
| Fulton County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 40 |
| Macoupin County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 39 |
| Ford County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 32 |
| Lee County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 20 |
| Lasalle County | 1 | 0% | 100% | 23 |
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