Amos Yee violates terms of release from US jail, parole delayed till Nov. 7, 2025

Singaporean Amos Yee's parole date has been moved to November 2025 after he violated his terms of release at the Danville Correctional Centre in Illinois, the United States (U.S.).

According to an inmate search on the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDC) website, the 26-year-old's new projected parole date is Nov. 7.

Nature of the violations not disclosed

According to The Straits Times, a spokesperson for the IDC confirmed the delay and said that Yee is "not eligible" to resume mandatory supervised release due to the Prisoner Review Board determining he violated the terms of his release.

No further details were provided regarding the nature of the violations.

While Yee was initially scheduled for release on Apr. 24, his updated projected discharge date now ranges from three years to life depending on future assessments.

This discharge date marks the end of his mandatory supervised release, a form of parole under Illinois state law.

Previously released on parole before re-arrest

Yee made headlines in 2016 when he fled Singapore a day before a scheduled medical check-up ahead of his compulsory national service enlistment.

He later sought and was granted asylum in the U.S. but was subsequently convicted of child pornography and grooming charges in December 2021.

Three years before his scheduled release date of 2026, the Singaporean was first released on parole on Oct. 7, 2023.

However, he was later sent to prison in November 2023 for undisclosed reasons.

He has also been placed on the country's sex offender registry, with his name, crime, and residential address being made publicly accessible online.

Top photos via Illinois Department of Corrections