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Q1 2023 Recap: 1 parolee from Champaign County convicted of a financial crime or fraud set for supervised release

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Latoya Hughes Director at Illinois Department of Corrections | Official website

Latoya Hughes Director at Illinois Department of Corrections | Official website

There was one offender convicted of a financial crime or fraud living in Champaign County released on parole during the first quarter of 2023, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the Chambana Sun.

The data shows that the released offender was a man. He was convicted in 2018 when he was 38 years old. He is now 44.

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 financial crimes or fraud paroled in Q1 2023
CountyTotal Number of Parolees% Women% MenMedian age
Cook County1625%75%34.5
Winnebago County366.7%33.3%31
Dupage County30%100%31
Vermilion County2100%0%38.5
Union County250%50%41
Livingston County20%100%44
McLean County20%100%39.5
Woodford County10%100%34
Tazewell County10%100%53
St. Clair County1100%0%42
Sangamon County1100%0%40
Saline County10%100%28
Randolph County10%100%61
Perry County10%100%40
McHenry County1100%0%37
Macon County10%100%27
Lake County10%100%24
Knox County1100%0%48
Fulton County1100%0%35
Fayette County1100%0%33
Crawford County1100%0%57
Coles County10%100%26
Clinton County1100%0%37
Champaign County10%100%44
Bureau County10%100%55

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