Kankakee Times

There was one offender convicted of a property crime living in Kankakee County who was released on parole during the first quarter of 2025, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the Kankakee Times.

The data shows that the offender released on parole was a man. He was convicted in 2024 when he was 24 years old. He is now 25.

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 Number of Parolees	% Women	% Men	Median age
Cook County	223	6.3%	93.7%	40
Winnebago County	22	18.2%	81.8%	38.5
Macon County	21	9.5%	90.5%	41
Peoria County	16	12.5%	87.5%	40
Sangamon County	12	0%	100%	48
Lake County	10	30%	70%	40.5
St. Clair County	10	30%	70%	37.5
Will County	10	10%	90%	42.5
Madison County	9	0%	100%	39
Kane County	9	0%	100%	33
DuPage County	8	0%	100%	40.5
Macoupin County	7	0%	100%	37
Tazewell County	7	42.9%	57.1%	36
Marion County	7	0%	100%	38
Rock Island County	6	16.7%	83.3%	39
Champaign County	6	0%	100%	51.5
Vermilion County	5	20%	80%	39
Jackson County	5	0%	100%	42
Kendall County	5	0%	100%	34
Jefferson County	4	25%	75%	39
Lasalle County	4	25%	75%	43.5
McHenry County	4	25%	75%	38
Massac County	4	25%	75%	36.5
Lawrence County	3	0%	100%	33
Monroe County	3	0%	100%	41
McLean County	3	33.3%	66.7%	41
Iroquois County	3	0%	100%	43
Stephenson County	3	0%	100%	27
Union County	3	0%	100%	32
Edgar County	3	0%	100%	43
Douglas County	3	33.3%	66.7%	44
Williamson County	3	0%	100%	44
Christian County	3	0%	100%	56
Adams County	3	0%	100%	26
Morgan County	2	50%	50%	50.5
Saline County	2	0%	100%	54.5
Montgomery County	2	50%	50%	32
White County	2	50%	50%	37.5
Woodford County	2	50%	50%	40
Logan County	2	0%	100%	46.5
Clay County	2	0%	100%	31
Lee County	2	0%	100%	37
Knox County	2	0%	100%	38.5
DeKalb County	2	0%	100%	36
Franklin County	2	0%	100%	35.5
Johnson County	2	0%	100%	39
Greene County	2	0%	100%	49.5
Clark County	1	0%	100%	53
Ford County	1	0%	100%	26
Whiteside County	1	0%	100%	31
Wayne County	1	0%	100%	38
Fulton County	1	0%	100%	35
Gallatin County	1	0%	100%	74
Grundy County	1	0%	100%	26
Hancock County	1	0%	100%	40
Shelby County	1	0%	100%	25
Schuyler County	1	0%	100%	28
Hardin County	1	0%	100%	34
Henderson County	1	0%	100%	40
Randolph County	1	0%	100%	27
Perry County	1	0%	100%	23
Kankakee County	1	0%	100%	25
Moultrie County	1	0%	100%	26
Livingston County	1	0%	100%	26
Mason County	1	100%	0%	38