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
The data shows that 12 men and one woman were released on parole in Williamson County during 2024. Of the parolees, one was a veteran, and the median age was 40. The youngest parolee was a 26-year-old man sentenced for a crime involving one or more weapons in 2024, and the oldest was a 57-year-old man sentenced for a crime involving drugs in 2023.
The offender incarcerated the longest was James H. Moody III. He was convicted of a crime against a person in 2021 when he was 31 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 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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