Prison sentences in Illinois fell nearly 50% from 2010 to 2023

Sentences fell 57% in Cook County, 52% in other urban counties combined, and 8% in rural counties combined

State Fiscal Year
Source: Loyola University Chicago Center for Criminal Justice analyses of data provided by the Illinois Department of Corrections. Urban counties include: Champaign, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Lake, Macon, Madison, McHenry, McLean, Peoria, Rock Island, Sangamon, St. Clair, Tazewell, Vermilion, WillGet the dataCreated with Datawrapper