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The data shows that eight men and two women were among the parolees. The youngest parolee was a 22-year-old male convicted of a crime against a person in 2024.
Olga Magana, the oldest parolee at 56 years old, had also been incarcerated the longest. She was convicted at the age of 41.
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.
| ZIP Code | Total Number of Parolees | % Women | % Men | Median age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60628 | 72 | 5.6% | 94.4% | 38.0 |
| 62526 | 64 | 1.6% | 98.4% | 38.0 |
| 60619 | 40 | 25% | 75% | 36.0 |
| 60608 | 38 | 18.4% | 81.6% | 34.5 |
| 60620 | 37 | 2.7% | 97.3% | 37.0 |
| 61102 | 35 | 2.9% | 97.1% | 36.0 |
| 60644 | 32 | 9.4% | 90.6% | 35.0 |
| 60411 | 23 | 0% | 100% | 36.0 |
| 60426 | 23 | 4.3% | 95.7% | 36.0 |
| 60621 | 22 | 4.5% | 95.5% | 37.5 |
| 61104 | 22 | 9.1% | 90.9% | 38.0 |
| 62207 | 22 | 4.5% | 95.5% | 40.0 |
| 60624 | 21 | 14.3% | 85.7% | 37.0 |
| 60629 | 21 | 9.5% | 90.5% | 32.0 |
| 62521 | 21 | 4.8% | 95.2% | 39.0 |
| 60623 | 20 | 20% | 80% | 34.5 |
| 61101 | 20 | 5% | 95% | 38.5 |
| 62205 | 20 | 5% | 95% | 37.0 |
| 60505 | 19 | 5.3% | 94.7% | 42.0 |
| 61604 | 17 | 5.9% | 94.1% | 37.0 |
| 62301 | 17 | 11.8% | 88.2% | 37.0 |
| 62703 | 17 | 0% | 100% | 35.0 |
| 60409 | 16 | 0% | 100% | 35.5 |
| 60636 | 16 | 0% | 100% | 34.5 |
| 60643 | 16 | 6.3% | 93.8% | 42.5 |
| 60651 | 16 | 25% | 75% | 36.0 |
| 60649 | 15 | 13.3% | 86.7% | 31.0 |
| 62522 | 15 | 0% | 100% | 39.0 |
| 62864 | 15 | 13.3% | 86.7% | 35.0 |
| 61701 | 14 | 7.1% | 92.9% | 34.5 |
| 60085 | 13 | 0% | 100% | 37.0 |
| 60607 | 12 | 16.7% | 83.3% | 32.5 |
| 60901 | 12 | 0% | 100% | 35.0 |
| 62002 | 12 | 0% | 100% | 36.5 |
| 62523 | 12 | 0% | 100% | 46.0 |
| 60123 | 11 | 0% | 100% | 31.0 |
| 62656 | 11 | 18.2% | 81.8% | 43.0 |
| 62702 | 11 | 0% | 100% | 42.0 |
| 60612 | 10 | 20% | 80% | 44.0 |
| 60617 | 10 | 10% | 90% | 33.5 |
| 60637 | 10 | 0% | 100% | 40.5 |
| 61103 | 10 | 10% | 90% | 38.0 |
| 61108 | 10 | 0% | 100% | 40.0 |
| 61554 | 10 | 0% | 100% | 34.5 |
| 61605 | 10 | 20% | 80% | 41.0 |
| 61801 | 10 | 10% | 90% | 42.5 |
| 62040 | 10 | 0% | 100% | 36.5 |
| 60064 | 9 | 0% | 100% | 35.0 |
| 60639 | 9 | 0% | 100% | 34.0 |
| 61603 | 9 | 11.1% | 88.9% | 47.0 |
