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Sunday, December 22, 2024

Q1 Recap: 8 parolees from Kane County convicted of homicide 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 eight offenders convicted of homicide living in Kane County released on parole during the first quarter of 2024, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the Kane County Reporter.

The data shows that seven men and one woman were among the parolees. The median age of the parolees sentenced for homicide was 53. The youngest parolee was a 26-year-old man sentenced in 2019, and the oldest was a 64-year-old man sentenced in 1991.

The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Timothy Lewis. He was convicted in 1990 when he was 25 years old. He is now 60.

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 homicide paroled in Q1 2024
CountyTotal Number of Parolees% Women% MenMedian age
Cook County1249.7%90.3%50
Peoria County128.3%91.7%52
Kane County812.5%87.5%52.5
Winnebago County70%100%52
Henry County60%100%54
Will County50%100%50
St. Clair County520%80%53
Sangamon County50%100%54
Macon County50%100%43
Lake County50%100%63
Madison County40%100%39.5
Kankakee County30%100%56
Fulton County30%100%57
Vermilion County20%100%48
McLean County250%50%48
Ogle County20%100%52.5
Saline County20%100%47
Adams County10%100%56
Williamson County10%100%67
Christian County10%100%62
Whiteside County10%100%22
Stark County10%100%55
DeKalb County10%100%46
DeWitt County10%100%65
Rock Island County10%100%59
DuPage County10%100%61
Monroe County10%100%51
McHenry County10%100%51
McDonough County10%100%67
Edgar County10%100%42
Macoupin County10%100%48
Greene County10%100%49
Kendall County1100%0%74
Jefferson County1100%0%32

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