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 122 men and nine women were released in Winnebago County. Of the parolees, three were veterans, and the median age was 38. The youngest parolee was a 21-year-old man sentenced for a crime involving one or more weapons in 2023, and the oldest was a 90-year-old man sentenced for a sex crime in 2008.
The offender incarcerated the longest was Clarence T. Bashaw. He was convicted of homicide in 1997 when he was 21 years old. He is now 48.
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 Q3 2023 Parolees | % convicted for sex crimes | % convicted for homicide | % convicted for drug-related crimes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cook County | 1,549 | 7.8% | 3.9% | 10.6% |
| Winnebago County | 131 | 21.4% | 1.5% | 11.5% |
| Macon County | 104 | 1% | 1% | 19.2% |
| St. Clair County | 87 | 1.1% | 4.6% | 18.4% |
| Madison County | 82 | 6.1% | 0% | 28% |
| Peoria County | 82 | 6.1% | 12.2% | 14.6% |
| Lake County | 76 | 9.2% | 1.3% | 10.5% |
| Will County | 75 | 0% | 2.7% | 12% |
| Kane County | 70 | 8.6% | 4.3% | 14.3% |
| Dupage County | 62 | 1.6% | 6.5% | 11.3% |
| Sangamon County | 59 | 11.9% | 0% | 20.3% |
| Champaign County | 44 | 2.3% | 0% | 18.2% |
| McLean County | 43 | 2.3% | 2.3% | 39.5% |
| Kankakee County | 33 | 3% | 3% | 9.1% |
| McHenry County | 33 | 9.1% | 0% | 21.2% |
| Rock Island County | 31 | 3.2% | 0% | 22.6% |
| Adams County | 29 | 0% | 3.4% | 20.7% |
| Jefferson County | 26 | 15.4% | 0% | 34.6% |
| Tazewell County | 25 | 0% | 12% | 44% |
| Vermilion County | 24 | 0% | 0% | 37.5% |
| Marion County | 23 | 8.7% | 4.3% | 43.5% |
| Lasalle County | 21 | 0% | 0% | 52.4% |
| Pike County | 17 | 0% | 0% | 41.2% |
| Williamson County | 17 | 5.9% | 5.9% | 23.5% |
| DeKalb County | 16 | 6.3% | 0% | 25% |
| Randolph County | 16 | 0% | 0% | 37.5% |
| Christian County | 15 | 6.7% | 0% | 53.3% |
| Coles County | 15 | 6.7% | 0% | 46.7% |
| Franklin County | 15 | 0% | 0% | 46.7% |
| Kendall County | 13 | 0% | 7.7% | 30.8% |
| Jackson County | 11 | 0% | 0% | 18.2% |
| Massac County | 11 | 18.2% | 0% | 18.2% |
| Saline County | 11 | 0% | 0% | 9.1% |
| Boone County | 10 | 20% | 0% | 20% |
| Fayette County | 10 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Knox County | 10 | 0% | 10% | 20% |
| Morgan County | 10 | 0% | 0% | 60% |
| Stephenson County | 10 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| Henry County | 9 | 11.1% | 11.1% | 22.2% |
| Livingston County | 9 | 0% | 0% | 11.1% |
| Grundy County | 8 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Jersey County | 8 | 0% | 0% | 37.5% |
| Logan County | 8 | 12.5% | 0% | 12.5% |
| Montgomery County | 8 | 12.5% | 0% | 12.5% |
| Crawford County | 7 | 0% | 0% | 57.1% |
| Effingham County | 7 | 0% | 0% | 42.9% |
| Fulton County | 7 | 14.3% | 0% | 14.3% |
| Greene County | 7 | 0% | 0% | 28.6% |
| Lee County | 7 | 14.3% | 0% | 0% |
| Ogle County | 7 | 14.3% | 0% | 28.6% |
| Shelby County | 7 | 14.3% | 0% | 42.9% |
| White County | 7 | 0% | 0% | 57.1% |
| Woodford County | 7 | 0% | 0% | 14.3% |
| Alexander County | 6 | 0% | 16.7% | 16.7% |
| Bond County | 6 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Clinton County | 6 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| DeWitt County | 6 | 0% | 0% | 16.7% |
| Douglas County | 6 | 0% | 0% | 66.7% |
| Lawrence County | 6 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Bureau County | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Clark County | 5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| Edgar County | 5 | 0% | 0% | 60% |
| Macoupin County | 5 | 20% | 0% | 20% |
| McDonough County | 5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| Whiteside County | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Jo Daviess County | 4 | 25% | 0% | 0% |
| Johnson County | 4 | 50% | 0% | 0% |
| Mason County | 4 | 25% | 0% | 50% |
| Schuyler County | 4 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Calhoun County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Clay County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 66.7% |
| Hamilton County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Hancock County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Jasper County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Marshall County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Perry County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Piatt County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Putnam County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Richland County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Union County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Wayne County | 3 | 0% | 0% | 66.7% |
| Carroll County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Ford County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Hardin County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Henderson County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Iroquois County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Mercer County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Monroe County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Stark County | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Cass County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Cumberland County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Gallatin County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Menard County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Pulaski County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Wabash County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Warren County | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
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