Public Accountability Report Public Accountability Report

2023 Hearings for Individuals in Custody and Victims
Mission Statement The Illinois Prisoner Review Board's mission is to function under statutory authority as a quasi-judicial body with a primary focus on public safety. It further acts as a checks and balances on other state and local institutions. The Board imposes release conditions for incarcerated individuals who are exiting correctional centers, revokes and restores good conduct credits from persons in custody and conducts hearings to determine whether formerly incarcerated individuals have violated conditions of parole. The Board also notifies victims and their families when an individual in custody is about to be released from custody. Finally, the Board makes confidential recommendations to the Governor relative to clemency petitions.
Program Goals and Objectives
  1. For crimes that occurred prior to 1978, ensure that only deserving individuals in custody are released into society.
    1. Review the file for each individual released from custody and place certain conditions to ensure the released individual is thoroughly supervised and participates in appropriate programs.
  2. Notify victims, family members, and interested parties of the release of an individual in custody.
    1. Protect victims by notification of release from incarceration of an individual in custody.
  3. Conduct parole, mandatory supervised release, good conduct revocation, and clemency hearings, all of which are mandated by law.
    1. To have the budget dollars available to be able to meet the hearing mandates.
  4. Make well-founded confidential clemency recommendations to the Governor.
    1. Ensure that all clemency recommendations made to the Governor by the Board are based on current and accurate information.
Source of Funds General Revenue Fund, Prisoner Review Board Vehicle and Equipment Fund Statutory Authority 730 ILCS 5/3-3-1
Fiscal Year 2024 Target/Projected Fiscal Year 2023 Actual Fiscal Year 2023 Target/Projected Fiscal Year 2022 Actual Fiscal Year 2021 Actual
Input Indicators
Total expenditures - all sources (in thousands) $ 6,208.6 $ 2,349.4 $ 3,041.4 $ 2,282.7 $ 2,177.8
Total expenditures - state appropriated funds (in thousands) $ 6,208.6 $ 2,349.4 $ 3,041.4 $ 2,282.7 $ 2,177.8
Average monthly full-time equivalents 36.0 21.0 31.0 33.0 36.0
Number of Board members to conduct hearings 15.0 12.0 15.0 9.0 15.0
Output Indicators
Parole hearings conducted 40.0 26.0 45.0 44.0 40.0
Pre-release review hearings conducted 11,000 11,670 15,000 13,017 11,851
Good conduct revocation hearings held 130.0 124.0 125.0 131.0 325.0
Mandatory supervised release revocation hearings conducted 4,500 4,841 5,000 4,754 4,505
All other hearings conducted 9,500 8,850 10,000 8,761 14,949
Clemency hearings conducted 800.0 653.0 1,300 1,012 1,403
Cannabis Clemency 2,500 0.0 2,500 0.0 0.0
Joe Coleman Act Medical Releases 100.0 81.0 81.0 50.0 N/A
Number of juvenile aftercare release revocation hearings 88.0 78.0 75.0 62.0 83.0
Numbers of victims notified upon release of individuals in custody 400.0 349.0 250.0 242.0 118.0
Number of hearings to consider modification of conditions of release 1,100 1,093 2,400 2,230 559.0
Outcome Indicators
Parole requests granted 10.0 2.0 10.0 11.0 15.0
Efficiency/Cost-Effectiveness Indicators
Cost per hearing (in dollars) $ 206.00 $ 84.62 $ 82.13 $ 72.43 $ 63.20

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