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730 ILCS 5/3-3-3 (2026)

Eligibility for parole or release

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(730 ILCS 5/3-3-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-3-3)
    Sec. 3-3-3. Eligibility for parole or release.
    (a) Except for those offenders who accept the fixed release date established by the Prisoner Review Board under Section 3-3-2.1, every person serving a term of imprisonment under the law in effect prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1977 shall be eligible for parole when he or she has served:
        (1) the minimum term of an indeterminate sentence
    
less time credit for good behavior, or 20 years less time credit for good behavior, whichever is less; or
        (2) 20 years of a life sentence less time credit for
    
good behavior; or
        (3) 20 years or one-third of a determinate sentence,
    
whichever is less, less time credit for good behavior.
    (b) No person sentenced under this amendatory Act of 1977 or who accepts a release date under Section 3-3-2.1 shall be eligible for parole.
    (c) Except for those sentenced to a term of natural life imprisonment, every person sentenced to imprisonment under this amendatory Act of 1977 or given a release date under Section 3-3-2.1 of this Act shall serve the full term of a determinate sentence less time credit for good behavior and shall then be released under the mandatory supervised release provisions of paragraph (d) of Section 5-8-1 of this Code.
    (d) No person serving a term of natural life imprisonment may be paroled or released except through executive clemency.
    (e) Every person committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 and confined in the State correctional institutions or facilities if such juvenile has not been tried as an adult shall be eligible for aftercare release under Section 3-2.5-85 of this Code. However, if a juvenile has been tried as an adult he or she shall only be eligible for parole or mandatory supervised release as an adult under this Section.
(Source: P.A. 98-558, eff. 1-1-14; 99-628, eff. 1-1-17.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 21 cases (7 in the last 5 years), 1997–2024 · leading case: People v. Carrasquillo, 2020 IL App (1st) 180534 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020).
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People v. Carrasquillo, 2020 IL App (1st) 180534 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). · cites it 2× “at 43 (citing 730 ILCS 5/3-3-3(a)(1) (West 2016)). 10 ¶ 23 Finding that “there is no evidence Wilson solicited or accepted a bribe in any other case” and, thus, corruption did not permeate his judicial actions, the trial judge denied defendant’s section 2-1401 petition.”
People v. Dorsey, 2021 IL 123010 (Ill. 2021). “) 730 ILCS 5/3-3-3(c) (West 1994). The statutory scheme applicable to defendant requires that a person receive “one day of good conduct credit for each day of service in prison,” where each day of credit must “reduce by one day the inmate’s period of incarceration set by the…”
People v. Davis, 2014 IL 115595 (Ill. 2014). “Because defendant was found guilty of murdering more than one victim, section 5-8-1(a)(1)(c) of the Unified Code of Corrections (730 ILCS 5/5-8-1(a)(1)(c) (West 1992)) required the trial court to sentence defendant to a term of natural life imprisonment, for which parole is not…”
People v. Palmer, 843 N.E.2d 292 (Ill. 2006). “" 730 ILCS 5/3-3-3(d) (West 2002). With the unavailability of parole or release for defendant in mind, we examine section 5-8-4(a) of the Code (730 ILCS 5/5-8-4(a) (West 2002)).”
People v. Luciano, 2013 IL App (2d) 110792 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013). “38, ¶ 1003-3-3(d) (“[n]o person serving a term of natural life imprisonment may be paroled or released except through executive clemency” (now 730 ILCS 5/3-3-3 (West 2010))). These provisions, then, constituted the type of sentencing scheme determined to be unconstitutional in…”
People v. Gates, 2023 IL App (1st) 211422 (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). “Elliott, 2022 IL App (1st) 192294 , where a panel of this court applied Dorsey’s analysis of the good conduct statute (730 ILCS 5/3-3-3(c) (West 2020)) to the parole statute.”
People v. Davis, 2014 IL 115595 (Ill. 2014). “Because defendant was found guilty of murdering more than one victim, section 5-8-1(a)(1)(c) of the Unified Code of Corrections (730 ILCS 5/5-8-1(a)(1)(c) (West 1992)) required the trial court to sentence defendant to a term of natural life imprisonment, for which parole is not…”
People v. Lee, 2012 IL App (4th) 110403 (Ill. App. Ct. 2012). “Defendant’s sentence is not discharged until he has completed his MSR term (730 ILCS 5/3-3-3 (West 1998)). See also Faheem-El v.”
People v. Brown, 967 N.E.2d 1004 (Ill. App. Ct. 2012). “Pursuant to the Unified Code of Corrections, defendant's two murder convictions carried a mandatory sentence of natural life in prison (730 ILCS 5/5-8-1(a)(1)(c)(ii) (West 2002)), to be served without the possibility of parole (730 ILCS 5/3-3-3(d) (West 2002)). ¶ 54 While…”
People v. Carrasquillo, 2023 IL App (1st) 211241 (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). “See 730 ILCS 5/3-3-3(a)(1) (West 2016) (“[E]very person serving a term of imprisonment under the law in effect prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1977 shall be eligible for parole when he or she has served: (1) the minimum term of an indeterminate sentence…”
Cordrey v. Illinois Prisoner Review Bd., 2014 IL 117155 (Ill. 2014). “Cordrey also was sentenced to a three-year term of mandatory supervised release (MSR) (730 ILCS 5/3-3-3(c) (West 1992)). ¶4 In November 2012, the Prisoner Review Board entered an order imposing certain conditions on Cordrey’s MSR.”
Taylor v. Edgar, 52 F. App'x 825 (7th Cir. 2002). “Because the Illinois parole statute does not provide a reasonable expectation of parole, the denial of minimum-security or work-release placement for Taylor does not run afoul of due process.”
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— 730 ILCS 5/3-3-3(a) — 1 case
Taylor v. Edgar, 52 F. App'x 825 (7th Cir. 2002). “Because the Illinois parole statute does not provide a reasonable expectation of parole, the denial of minimum-security or work-release placement for Taylor does not run afoul of due process.”
— 730 ILCS 5/3-3-3(a)(1) — 2 cases
People v. Carrasquillo, 2020 IL App (1st) 180534 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “at 43 (citing 730 ILCS 5/3-3-3(a)(1) (West 2016)). 10 ¶ 23 Finding that “there is no evidence Wilson solicited or accepted a bribe in any other case” and, thus, corruption did not permeate his judicial actions, the trial judge denied defendant’s section 2-1401 petition.”
People v. Carrasquillo, 2023 IL App (1st) 211241 (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). “See 730 ILCS 5/3-3-3(a)(1) (West 2016) (“[E]very person serving a term of imprisonment under the law in effect prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1977 shall be eligible for parole when he or she has served: (1) the minimum term of an indeterminate sentence…”
— 730 ILCS 5/3-3-3(a)(4) — 1 case
People v. Maury (Ill. App. Ct. 1997).
— 730 ILCS 5/3-3-3(c) — 9 cases
People v. Dorsey, 2021 IL 123010 (Ill. 2021). “) 730 ILCS 5/3-3-3(c) (West 1994). The statutory scheme applicable to defendant requires that a person receive “one day of good conduct credit for each day of service in prison,” where each day of credit must “reduce by one day the inmate’s period of incarceration set by the…”
People v. Gates, 2023 IL App (1st) 211422 (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). “Elliott, 2022 IL App (1st) 192294 , where a panel of this court applied Dorsey’s analysis of the good conduct statute (730 ILCS 5/3-3-3(c) (West 2020)) to the parole statute.”
Cordrey v. Illinois Prisoner Review Bd., 2014 IL 117155 (Ill. 2014). “Cordrey also was sentenced to a three-year term of mandatory supervised release (MSR) (730 ILCS 5/3-3-3(c) (West 1992)). ¶4 In November 2012, the Prisoner Review Board entered an order imposing certain conditions on Cordrey’s MSR.”
People v. Kornegay, 2014 IL App (1st) 122573 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014).
People v. Kornegay, 2014 IL App (1st) 122573 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014).
— 730 ILCS 5/3-3-3(d) — 6 cases
People v. Davis, 2014 IL 115595 (Ill. 2014). “Because defendant was found guilty of murdering more than one victim, section 5-8-1(a)(1)(c) of the Unified Code of Corrections (730 ILCS 5/5-8-1(a)(1)(c) (West 1992)) required the trial court to sentence defendant to a term of natural life imprisonment, for which parole is not…”
People v. Palmer, 843 N.E.2d 292 (Ill. 2006). “" 730 ILCS 5/3-3-3(d) (West 2002). With the unavailability of parole or release for defendant in mind, we examine section 5-8-4(a) of the Code (730 ILCS 5/5-8-4(a) (West 2002)).”
People v. Davis, 2014 IL 115595 (Ill. 2014). “Because defendant was found guilty of murdering more than one victim, section 5-8-1(a)(1)(c) of the Unified Code of Corrections (730 ILCS 5/5-8-1(a)(1)(c) (West 1992)) required the trial court to sentence defendant to a term of natural life imprisonment, for which parole is not…”
People v. Brown, 967 N.E.2d 1004 (Ill. App. Ct. 2012). “Pursuant to the Unified Code of Corrections, defendant's two murder convictions carried a mandatory sentence of natural life in prison (730 ILCS 5/5-8-1(a)(1)(c)(ii) (West 2002)), to be served without the possibility of parole (730 ILCS 5/3-3-3(d) (West 2002)). ¶ 54 While…”
People v. Hardaway, 2022 IL App (1st) 200660-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2022).
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