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Q1 Parolees Recap: Who was paroled in Monroe County?

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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 were two offenders living in Monroe County released on parole during the first quarter of 2024, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by SW Illinois News.

The data shows that both of the released offenders in Monroe County were men. The younger parolee was a 37-year-old man sentenced for a crime involving alcohol in 2023. The other was a 51-year-old man sentenced for homicide in 1993.

The offender incarcerated the longest was Jeffrey A. Yates. He was convicted of homicide in 1993 when he was 20 years old. He is now 51.

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.

Breakdown of Offenders Paroled in Each Illinois County in Q1
CountyTotal Q1 2024 Parolees% convicted for sex crimes% convicted for homicide% convicted for drug-related crimes
Cook County1,5497.7%8%7.6%
Winnebago County1465.5%4.8%7.5%
Macon County1164.3%4.3%19.8%
St. Clair County1101.8%4.5%13.6%
Peoria County1041%11.5%16.3%
Lake County899%5.6%11.2%
Kane County884.5%9.1%11.4%
Will County862.3%5.8%17.4%
Sangamon County8319.3%6%20.5%
Champaign County720%0%19.4%
Madison County671.5%6%23.9%
DuPage County490%2%10.2%
McLean County430%4.7%25.6%
Vermilion County372.7%5.4%21.6%
Tazewell County316.5%0%16.1%
Rock Island County290%3.4%13.8%
Adams County2714.8%3.7%29.6%
Jefferson County260%3.8%50%
Lasalle County250%0%44%
McHenry County244.2%4.2%33.3%
Kankakee County238.7%13%8.7%
Kendall County195.3%5.3%10.5%
Knox County190%0%15.8%
Henry County180%33.3%27.8%
Franklin County175.9%0%47.1%
Marion County170%0%52.9%
Jackson County160%0%25%
Morgan County150%0%60%
DeWitt County140%7.1%42.9%
Macoupin County140%7.1%28.6%
Randolph County130%0%30.8%
Crawford County120%0%41.7%
DeKalb County120%8.3%8.3%
Logan County128.3%0%16.7%
Whiteside County128.3%8.3%16.7%
Lee County119.1%0%36.4%
Saline County110%18.2%18.2%
Stephenson County119.1%0%9.1%
Christian County1020%10%10%
Clinton County1010%0%30%
Montgomery County100%0%30%
Williamson County100%10%20%
Fulton County90%33.3%33.3%
White County90%0%33.3%
Coles County80%0%25%
Edgar County812.5%12.5%37.5%
Fayette County812.5%0%62.5%
Livingston County80%0%62.5%
Union County812.5%0%62.5%
Ogle County714.3%28.6%0%
Perry County70%0%28.6%
Pike County70%0%71.4%
Clark County616.7%0%33.3%
McDonough County633.3%16.7%0%
Boone County50%0%0%
Bureau County50%0%20%
Clay County50%0%20%
Effingham County50%0%80%
Richland County50%0%40%
Bond County40%0%25%
Douglas County40%0%50%
Greene County40%25%50%
Moultrie County40%0%50%
Schuyler County475%0%0%
Shelby County40%0%50%
Wabash County40%0%25%
Woodford County40%0%25%
Brown County30%0%66.7%
Cass County30%0%33.3%
Cumberland County30%0%33.3%
Ford County30%0%33.3%
Henderson County30%0%33.3%
Iroquois County30%0%66.7%
Jersey County30%0%33.3%
Johnson County30%0%66.7%
Mason County333.3%0%0%
Menard County30%0%33.3%
Alexander County20%0%0%
Grundy County20%0%0%
Hamilton County20%0%50%
Monroe County20%50%0%
Piatt County20%0%100%
Scott County20%0%0%
Stark County20%50%50%
Warren County20%0%0%
Washington County20%0%50%
Wayne County20%0%0%
Calhoun County10%0%0%
Carroll County10%0%0%
Edwards County10%0%0%
Gallatin County10%0%100%
Hancock County10%0%0%
Jasper County10%0%0%
Jo Daviess County10%0%0%
Lawrence County10%0%0%
Marshall County10%0%0%
Pope County10%0%100%
Pulaski County10%0%0%
Putnam County10%0%100%

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