Illinois Valley Times

There were eight offenders convicted of crimes against persons living in Lasalle County who were released on parole during the second quarter of 2025, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the Illinois Valley Times.

All of the parolees were men, with a median age of 35. Among them, there were two veterans. The youngest parolee was a 23-year-old man sentenced in 2025, and the oldest was a 54-year-old man sentenced in 2023.

The offender incarcerated the longest was Chamarr L. Pennywell. He was convicted in 2013 when he was 27 years old. He is now 39.

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	820	4.1%	95.9%	33
St. Clair County	68	20.6%	79.4%	37
Macon County	61	3.3%	96.7%	36
Peoria County	52	5.8%	94.2%	35.5
Winnebago County	42	7.1%	92.9%	35
Lake County	39	2.6%	97.4%	34
Kane County	30	3.3%	96.7%	35
Sangamon County	26	3.8%	96.2%	34
DuPage County	26	7.7%	92.3%	30
Champaign County	25	4%	96%	33
Will County	24	0%	100%	33
Madison County	19	21.1%	78.9%	34
Kankakee County	18	0%	100%	32
Vermilion County	17	0%	100%	31
McLean County	12	0%	100%	35
Rock Island County	10	10%	90%	32.5
Tazewell County	10	10%	90%	37.5
Knox County	9	22.2%	77.8%	33
Lasalle County	8	0%	100%	35
Stephenson County	7	14.3%	85.7%	34
Adams County	7	14.3%	85.7%	37
Henry County	6	33.3%	66.7%	38.5
Jefferson County	6	16.7%	83.3%	32.5
McHenry County	5	20%	80%	33
Whiteside County	5	0%	100%	41
Jackson County	4	0%	100%	31.5
Saline County	4	0%	100%	34
Franklin County	4	25%	75%	37
Kendall County	4	0%	100%	33
DeKalb County	3	0%	100%	37
Wayne County	3	0%	100%	28
Ogle County	3	0%	100%	37
Marion County	3	0%	100%	35
Edgar County	3	0%	100%	31
Williamson County	3	0%	100%	38
Iroquois County	3	0%	100%	38
Bureau County	2	0%	100%	45
Union County	2	0%	100%	38
Boone County	2	0%	100%	25
Christian County	2	50%	50%	36.5
Mercer County	2	50%	50%	46.5
Montgomery County	2	0%	100%	41
Clark County	2	0%	100%	27
Crawford County	2	0%	100%	60
Livingston County	2	0%	100%	34.5
Randolph County	2	0%	100%	35
Jersey County	2	50%	50%	40
Woodford County	2	0%	100%	34.5
Fulton County	1	0%	100%	33
Schuyler County	1	0%	100%	33
Cass County	1	0%	100%	36
Wabash County	1	0%	100%	54
Warren County	1	0%	100%	47
White County	1	0%	100%	41
Alexander County	1	0%	100%	57
Fayette County	1	0%	100%	52
Effingham County	1	0%	100%	30
Douglas County	1	0%	100%	39
Lawrence County	1	0%	100%	37
Lee County	1	0%	100%	32
Logan County	1	0%	100%	24
Macoupin County	1	0%	100%	38
Marshall County	1	0%	100%	51
Mason County	1	0%	100%	29
Massac County	1	0%	100%	28
McDonough County	1	0%	100%	21
Coles County	1	0%	100%	46
Menard County	1	0%	100%	21
Morgan County	1	0%	100%	26
Clinton County	1	0%	100%	54
Pulaski County	1	0%	100%	52
Clay County	1	0%	100%	39