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
Of the parolees, 57 were men and three were women, with a median age of 35. Among them, there were four veterans. The youngest parolee was a 21-year-old man sentenced for a crime against a person in 2024, and the oldest was a 70-year-old man sentenced for a crime involving drugs in 2025.
The offender incarcerated the longest was Guillermo Garcia. He was convicted of a crime against a person in 2018 when he was 26 years old. He is now 34.
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 reincarceration. 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 Q2 2025 Parolees | % convicted for sex crimes | % convicted for homicide | % convicted for drug-related crimes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cook County | 1,323 | 8.2% | 3.8% | 12.2% |
| Macon County | 120 | 0% | 0.8% | 22.5% |
| St. Clair County | 110 | 4.5% | 3.6% | 20% |
| Peoria County | 98 | 8.2% | 6.1% | 17.3% |
| Winnebago County | 97 | 19.6% | 4.1% | 18.6% |
| Lake County | 71 | 8.5% | 8.5% | 18.3% |
| Kane County | 62 | 8.1% | 4.8% | 25.8% |
| Will County | 60 | 3.3% | 5% | 35% |
| Sangamon County | 52 | 25% | 3.8% | 9.6% |
| DuPage County | 42 | 0% | 7.1% | 26.2% |
| Madison County | 40 | 5% | 5% | 37.5% |
| Champaign County | 39 | 0% | 5.1% | 28.2% |
| McLean County | 34 | 0% | 2.9% | 29.4% |
| Kankakee County | 26 | 3.8% | 0% | 19.2% |
| Vermilion County | 26 | 3.8% | 0% | 15.4% |
| Rock Island County | 25 | 4% | 0% | 32% |
| Tazewell County | 24 | 4.2% | 4.2% | 33.3% |
| McHenry County | 22 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Knox County | 20 | 5% | 0% | 30% |
| Jefferson County | 19 | 0% | 0% | 31.6% |
| Adams County | 18 | 0% | 0% | 44.4% |
| Franklin County | 14 | 7.1% | 0% | 42.9% |
| Lasalle County | 13 | 15.4% | 0% | 7.7% |
| Marion County | 13 | 0% | 7.7% | 38.5% |
| Henry County | 12 | 0% | 8.3% | 25% |
| Kendall County | 12 | 8.3% | 8.3% | 8.3% |
| Stephenson County | 12 | 16.7% | 0% | 16.7% |
| Boone County | 11 | 36.4% | 0% | 18.2% |
| Jackson County | 11 | 0% | 0% | 45.5% |
| Whiteside County | 11 | 9.1% | 0% | 27.3% |
| Saline County | 10 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| Williamson County | 10 | 0% | 10% | 30% |
| DeKalb County | 9 | 0% | 11.1% | 66.7% |
| Montgomery County | 9 | 0% | 0% | 44.4% |
| Schuyler County | 8 | 75% | 0% | 12.5% |
| Christian County | 7 | 0% | 0% | 28.6% |
| Crawford County | 7 | 0% | 0% | 57.1% |
| Fulton County | 7 | 0% | 0% | 42.9% |
| Livingston County | 7 | 14.3% | 0% | 28.6% |
| Mason County | 7 | 0% | 0% | 71.4% |
| White County | 7 | 0% | 0% | 57.1% |
| Clark County | 6 | 0% | 16.7% | 50% |
| Clay County | 6 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Coles County | 6 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Edgar County | 6 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Effingham County | 6 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Fayette County | 6 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Macoupin County | 6 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Morgan County | 6 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Ogle County | 6 | 16.7% | 0% | 16.7% |
| Randolph County | 6 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Wayne County | 6 | 16.7% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Woodford County | 6 | 0% | 0% | 16.7% |
| Pike County | 5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| Shelby County | 5 | 0% | 0% | 80% |
| Wabash County | 5 | 0% | 0% | 60% |
| Ford County | 4 | 25% | 0% | 50% |
| Iroquois County | 4 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| Jersey County | 4 | 0% | 25% | 0% |
| Massac County | 4 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| McDonough County | 4 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Piatt County | 4 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| Union County | 4 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| Clinton County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 66.7% |
| DeWitt County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 66.7% |
| Douglas County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Lawrence County | 3 | 33.3% | 0% | 0% |
| Logan County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 66.7% |
| Mercer County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Bureau County | 2 | 0% | 50% | 0% |
| Cass County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Edwards County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Gallatin County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Greene County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Lee County | 2 | 50% | 0% | 0% |
| Marshall County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Menard County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Pulaski County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Richland County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Warren County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Washington County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Alexander County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Bond County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Calhoun County | 1 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Carroll County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Cumberland County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Grundy County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Hancock County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Hardin County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Johnson County | 1 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Moultrie County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Scott County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Stark County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
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