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Q4 2024 Parolees Recap: Who was paroled in Adams County?

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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 25 offenders living in Adams County released on parole during the fourth quarter of 2024, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by Quincy Reporter.

The data shows that 20 men and five women were released on parole in Adams County during 2024. The median age of the parolees was 35. The youngest parolee was a 24-year-old man sentenced for a crime involving drugs in 2023, and the oldest was a 53-year-old woman sentenced for a crime involving drugs in 2024.

The offender incarcerated the longest was Marcus M. Coleman. He was convicted of homicide in 2015 when he was 19 years old. He is now 29.

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 Q4 2024
CountyTotal Q4 2024 Parolees% convicted for sex crimes% convicted for homicide% convicted for drug-related crimes
Cook County1,3279%3.8%8.1%
Winnebago County1169.5%4.3%14.7%
Macon County1151.7%1.7%7.8%
St. Clair County1060.9%2.8%17%
Peoria County875.7%10.3%20.7%
Lake County8213.4%2.4%11%
Sangamon County8012.5%5%21.3%
Madison County663%6.1%34.8%
Will County623.2%6.5%17.7%
Kane County567.1%1.8%21.4%
Champaign County500%0%8%
DuPage County412.4%7.3%17.1%
McLean County400%0%30%
Adams County250%4%44%
McHenry County205%15%15%
Lasalle County190%0%10.5%
Vermilion County190%0%15.8%
Kankakee County180%5.6%22.2%
Marion County1811.1%0%16.7%
Rock Island County180%0%27.8%
Tazewell County180%0%22.2%
Jackson County175.9%0%29.4%
Coles County140%7.1%28.6%
Kendall County1414.3%0%28.6%
Jefferson County130%0%38.5%
Williamson County130%0%38.5%
Livingston County119.1%0%36.4%
Schuyler County1127.3%0%9.1%
Henry County1010%10%30%
Logan County100%10%20%
Montgomery County100%0%70%
Franklin County90%0%44.4%
Macoupin County90%11.1%44.4%
Randolph County90%0%55.6%
Christian County80%0%62.5%
Effingham County80%0%62.5%
Fayette County80%0%50%
Lawrence County80%0%75%
Pike County80%0%50%
Stephenson County80%0%12.5%
Crawford County714.3%0%42.9%
DeKalb County70%0%28.6%
Knox County714.3%0%28.6%
Morgan County70%0%42.9%
Wayne County70%0%57.1%
Whiteside County70%0%0%
Deported County666.7%0%16.7%
Iroquois County633.3%0%16.7%
Massac County60%0%50%
Mercer County60%0%16.7%
Carroll County50%0%20%
Clay County50%0%40%
Fulton County50%20%20%
Mason County50%0%20%
Woodford County50%0%40%
Bond County40%0%100%
Boone County40%0%50%
Bureau County425%0%25%
Edgar County40%0%25%
Greene County425%0%50%
Jersey County40%0%50%
McDonough County425%0%25%
Perry County425%0%75%
White County40%0%25%
Clark County30%0%100%
Clinton County30%0%33.3%
Grundy County30%0%33.3%
Hamilton County333.3%0%0%
Hardin County30%0%66.7%
Richland County30%0%33.3%
Saline County333.3%0%33.3%
Shelby County30%0%66.7%
Wabash County30%0%33.3%
Alexander County20%0%0%
DeWitt County20%0%0%
Edwards County20%0%0%
Ford County20%0%0%
Hancock County20%0%100%
Johnson County20%0%0%
Marshall County20%0%50%
Ogle County20%0%0%
Piatt County20%0%50%
Pope County20%0%50%
Pulaski County20%0%0%
Union County20%0%0%
Warren County20%0%0%
Calhoun County10%0%0%
Cumberland County1100%0%0%
Douglas County10%0%0%
Gallatin County10%0%0%
Jasper County10%0%0%
Lee County10%0%100%
Menard County10%0%100%
Monroe County10%0%100%
Stark County10%0%100%
Washington County10%0%0%

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