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Q3 2023 Recap: 2 parolees from Boone County convicted of sex crimes set for supervised release

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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

There were two offenders convicted of sex crimes living in Boone County released on parole during the third quarter of 2023, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the Rockford Sun.

The data shows that both of the released offenders among the parolees were men. The median age of the parolees sentenced for sex crimes was 36. The younger parolee was a 34-year-old man sentenced in 2022, and the oldest was a 38-year-old man sentenced in 2014.

The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Jacob Headtke. He was convicted in 2022 when he was 32 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.

Prisoners convicted of sex crimes paroled in Q3 2023
CountyTotal Number of Parolees% Women% MenMedian age
Cook County1210.8%99.2%41
Winnebago County280%100%47
Sangamon County714.3%85.7%54
Lake County70%100%43
Kane County616.7%83.3%40
Peoria County50%100%44
Madison County50%100%45
Schuyler County40%100%52
Jefferson County40%100%41
McHenry County333.3%66.7%32
Massac County20%100%57
Marion County20%100%46.5
Boone County20%100%36
Johnson County20%100%51.5
Williamson County10%100%41
St. Clair County10%100%30
Shelby County10%100%30
Champaign County10%100%41
Christian County1100%0%31
Rock Island County10%100%38
Coles County10%100%66
Ogle County10%100%34
Montgomery County10%100%41
McLean County10%100%66
DeKalb County10%100%38
DuPage County10%100%49
Mason County10%100%51
Fulton County10%100%30
Henry County10%100%54
Macoupin County10%100%46
Macon County10%100%40
Logan County10%100%56
Lee County10%100%49
Jo Daviess County10%100%45
Kankakee County10%100%25

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