Kane County Reporter

There were 31 offenders convicted of crimes against persons living in Kane County who were released on parole during the first quarter of 2025, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the Kane County Reporter.

Of the parolees, 29 were men and two were women, with a median age of 33. The youngest parolee was a 19-year-old man sentenced in 2024, and the oldest was a 52-year-old woman sentenced in 2007.

The offender incarcerated the longest was Tammy Englerth. She was convicted in 2007 when she was 34 years old. She is now 52.

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 reincarceration. 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 Number of Parolees	% Women	% Men	Median age
Cook County	825	4.5%	95.5%	33
Macon County	67	1.5%	98.5%	34
Winnebago County	61	8.2%	91.8%	34
Peoria County	53	5.7%	94.3%	35
Will County	51	0%	100%	33
St. Clair County	47	14.9%	85.1%	35
Lake County	37	5.4%	94.6%	35
Kane County	31	6.5%	93.5%	33
Champaign County	28	3.6%	96.4%	33
Madison County	27	11.1%	88.9%	37
McLean County	26	11.5%	88.5%	38
DuPage County	25	4%	96%	35
Sangamon County	24	0%	100%	30
Kankakee County	14	7.1%	92.9%	27.5
DeKalb County	12	0%	100%	33
Vermilion County	11	9.1%	90.9%	25
McHenry County	10	0%	100%	43.5
Rock Island County	8	0%	100%	37
Jefferson County	7	14.3%	85.7%	30
Tazewell County	7	0%	100%	31
Kendall County	6	0%	100%	32
Lasalle County	6	0%	100%	32
Adams County	6	16.7%	83.3%	29
Knox County	5	0%	100%	30
Stephenson County	5	0%	100%	40
Marion County	4	0%	100%	30
Henry County	4	25%	75%	30.5
Williamson County	4	0%	100%	35.5
Livingston County	3	0%	100%	41
Morgan County	3	0%	100%	31
Pike County	3	33.3%	66.7%	41
Coles County	3	66.7%	33.3%	27
Boone County	3	0%	100%	46
Bureau County	3	33.3%	66.7%	35
DeWitt County	3	0%	100%	41
Douglas County	3	0%	100%	29
Randolph County	2	0%	100%	50
Saline County	2	0%	100%	40.5
Ogle County	2	50%	50%	30
Clark County	2	0%	100%	41
Monroe County	2	0%	100%	31
Christian County	2	0%	100%	37
Union County	2	0%	100%	50.5
Fayette County	2	0%	100%	45.5
Franklin County	2	0%	100%	32
Macoupin County	2	0%	100%	37.5
Logan County	2	0%	100%	55
Hamilton County	2	0%	100%	49
White County	2	0%	100%	35
Whiteside County	2	0%	100%	40.5
Jersey County	2	0%	100%	38.5
Woodford County	2	0%	100%	47
Carroll County	1	0%	100%	36
Wabash County	1	0%	100%	48
Clay County	1	0%	100%	28
Shelby County	1	100%	0%	40
Schuyler County	1	0%	100%	45
Clinton County	1	0%	100%	54
Bond County	1	0%	100%	38
Johnson County	1	0%	100%	34
Jackson County	1	0%	100%	49
Iroquois County	1	0%	100%	52
Hancock County	1	0%	100%	37
Lawrence County	1	0%	100%	21
Lee County	1	0%	100%	29
Grundy County	1	0%	100%	25
Greene County	1	100%	0%	37
Effingham County	1	0%	100%	38
Mercer County	1	0%	100%	40
Montgomery County	1	0%	100%	28
Moultrie County	1	0%	100%	55
Perry County	1	0%	100%	22
Piatt County	1	0%	100%	34
Crawford County	1	0%	100%	52
Pulaski County	1	0%	100%	24
Richland County	1	0%	100%	30