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Q1 2023 Recap: 8 parolees from Rock Island County convicted of drug crimes 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 drug crimes living in Rock Island County released on parole during the first quarter of 2023, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the Rock Island Today.

The data shows that seven men and one woman were among the parolees. The median age of the parolees sentenced for drug crimes was 35. The youngest parolee was a 28-year-old man sentenced in 2021, and the oldest was a 47-year-old man sentenced in 2017.

The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Benny A. Franklin. He was convicted in 2017 when he was 40 years old. He is now 47.

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 drug crimes paroled in Q1 2023
CountyTotal Number of Parolees% Women% MenMedian age
Cook County1605%95%40
Madison County195.3%94.7%38
Winnebago County185.6%94.4%32.5
Peoria County1717.6%82.4%42
Macon County1612.5%87.5%39
Will County140%100%37.5
St. Clair County1216.7%83.3%42
Lake County128.3%91.7%33.5
Kane County110%100%38
Dupage County1010%90%37
Tazewell County911.1%88.9%35
Champaign County922.2%77.8%38
Rock Island County812.5%87.5%35
Jefferson County714.3%85.7%43
McLean County70%100%42
Crawford County742.9%57.1%43
Randolph County633.3%66.7%39.5
Sangamon County60%100%34
Kankakee County616.7%83.3%53
Kendall County616.7%83.3%27.5
McHenry County520%80%33
Marion County50%100%38
Grundy County540%60%37
Hancock County520%80%44
Coles County520%80%45
Lasalle County540%60%44
Morgan County425%75%37.5
Macoupin County40%100%42
Pike County475%25%40
Adams County425%75%32.5
Jackson County333.3%66.7%32
Williamson County30%100%40
Lee County333.3%66.7%44
Livingston County333.3%66.7%36
Logan County30%100%30
Henry County30%100%38
Fulton County30%100%41
Franklin County333.3%66.7%36
Effingham County366.7%33.3%38
Cass County30%100%52
Clinton County20%100%30
Calhoun County250%50%47
Stephenson County20%100%41.5
Boone County20%100%40.5
Vermilion County20%100%50.5
Wayne County20%100%33.5
Alexander County20%100%42.5
Woodford County20%100%35.5
Knox County250%50%36.5
Jasper County250%50%30
Marshall County20%100%43
Massac County20%100%31.5
Edgar County20%100%54
Menard County20%100%35
Monroe County20%100%39
DeKalb County20%100%47
Moultrie County10%100%32
Lawrence County1100%0%45
Piatt County10%100%41
Whiteside County10%100%43
White County10%100%26
Christian County1100%0%53
Wabash County1100%0%33
Pulaski County10%100%41
Union County10%100%30
DeWitt County10%100%60
Montgomery County1100%0%52
Bureau County10%100%44
Shelby County10%100%52
Schuyler County1100%0%59
Richland County1100%0%64
Carroll County10%100%38

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