| 2025 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 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 |
- For crimes that occurred prior to 1978, ensure that only deserving individuals in custody are released into society.
- 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.
- Notify victims, family members, and interested parties of the release of an individual in custody.
- Protect victims by notification of release from incarceration of an individual in custody.
- Conduct parole, mandatory supervised release, good conduct revocation, medical release hearings, and clemency hearings, all of which are mandated by law.
- To have the budget dollars available to be able to meet the hearing mandates.
- Make well-founded confidential clemency recommendations to the Governor.
- Ensure that all clemency recommendations made to the Governor by the Board are based on current and accurate information.
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| Source of Funds |
General Revenue Fund, Prisoner Review Board Vehicle and Equipment Fund |
Statutory Authority |
730 ILCS 5/3-3-1 |
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Fiscal Year 2026 Target/Projected |
Fiscal Year 2025 Actual |
Fiscal Year 2025 Target/Projected |
Fiscal Year 2024 Actual |
Fiscal Year 2023 Actual |
| Input Indicators |
| Total expenditures - all sources (in thousands) |
$ 5,878.2 |
$ 4,424.4 |
$ 5,357.9 |
$ 6,094.2 |
$ 2,349.4 |
| Total expenditures - state appropriated funds (in thousands) |
$ 5,878.2 |
$ 4,424.4 |
$ 5,357.9 |
$ 6,094.2 |
$ 2,349.4 |
| Average monthly full-time equivalents |
48.0 |
31.0 |
44.0 |
29.0 |
21.0 |
| Number of Board members to conduct hearings |
15.0 |
11.0 |
15.0 |
13.0 |
12.0 |
| Output Indicators |
| Parole hearings conducted |
30.0 |
27.0 |
25.0 |
24.0 |
26.0 |
| Pre-release review hearings conducted |
11,500 |
10,722 |
13,010 |
12,072 |
11,670 |
| Good conduct revocation hearings held (a) |
400.0 |
462.0 |
15.0 |
80.0 |
124.0 |
| Mandatory supervised release revocation hearings conducted |
3,500 |
3,787 |
4,850 |
4,632 |
4,841 |
| All other hearings conducted |
10,050 |
10,112 |
8,300 |
7,928 |
8,850 |
| Clemency hearings conducted |
600.0 |
504.0 |
625.0 |
596.0 |
653.0 |
| Joe Coleman Act Medical Releases |
140.0 |
134.0 |
120.0 |
107.0 |
81.0 |
| Number of juvenile aftercare release revocation hearings |
90.0 |
81.0 |
100.0 |
92.0 |
78.0 |
| Numbers of victims notified upon release of individuals in custody (b) |
500.0 |
611.0 |
400.0 |
380.0 |
349.0 |
| Number of hearings to consider modification of conditions of release (c) |
2,500 |
1,374 |
2,530 |
2,379 |
1,093 |
| Outcome Indicators |
| Parole requests granted |
8.0 |
12.0 |
25.0 |
24.0 |
2.0 |
| Efficiency/Cost-Effectiveness Indicators |
| Cost per hearing (in dollars) |
$ 200.55 |
$ 159.07 |
$ 178.00 |
$ 220.00 |
$ 84.62 |
Footnotes
This data is determined by the individuals in custody being ticketed for misconduct at an IDOC facility. The data will fluctuate, depending on IDOC and the manner in which they decide to administer discipline. From 2024- present, there have been significant changes in the Victim and Witness Services Unit, including an overhaul of the program, the establishment and hiring of a Director for the Unit, strategic planning for how to engage with more victims, updating the mechanism for notifications, and expanding outreach efforts. In fiscal year 2023 and fiscal year 2024, statute 730 ILCS 5/5-8-1(d)(3) changed and required individuals who are released on MSR to have 45 day, 6 month early discharge reviews. This initially created an influx and increase in the “modification of conditions of release” considerations the Board was required to do. After the initial influx after the law passed, there is now a maintenance phase of individuals on MSR who need these reviews completed.
Public Accountability Report
