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
The data shows that both of the released offenders in Stark County were men. The younger parolee was a 24-year-old man sentenced for a financial crime or fraud in 2021. The other was a 26-year-old man sentenced for a crime against justice in 2023.
The offender incarcerated the longest was Michael Hengl. He was convicted of a financial crime or fraud in 2021 when he was 21 years old. He is now 24.
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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