The data shows 205 men and 34 women were released in Sangamon County. Of the parolees, seven were veterans, and the median age was 38. The youngest parolee was a 19-year-old man convicted of a crime involving one or more weapons in 2022, and the oldest was a 86-year-old man convicted of a sex crime in 2013.
The offender who was incarcerated the longest was James W. Harlan. He was convicted of homicide in 1994 when he was 40 years old. He is now 69.
Under state law, paroled offenders are still in legal custody of the IDOC, meaning they can be taken back to a correctional center at any time if the state has probable cause or a warrant.
The table below gives a breakdown of how many offenders were paroled in 2022 in each Sangamon County.
County | Total 2022 Parolees | % convicted for sex crimes | % convicted for homicide | % convicted for drug-related crimes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Adams | 90 | 3.3% | 1.1% | 26.7% |
Alexander | 15 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
Bond | 27 | 0% | 0% | 48.1% |
Boone | 40 | 15% | 2.5% | 15% |
Brown | 2 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
Bureau | 17 | 0% | 0% | 29.4% |
Calhoun | 5 | 0% | 0% | 60% |
Carroll | 17 | 0% | 0% | 35.3% |
Cass | 22 | 0% | 4.5% | 54.5% |
Champaign | 197 | 0.5% | 4.1% | 18.3% |
Christian | 34 | 2.9% | 0% | 47.1% |
Clark | 14 | 0% | 0% | 35.7% |
Clay | 17 | 5.9% | 0% | 35.3% |
Clinton | 22 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
Coles | 60 | 1.7% | 1.7% | 30% |
Cook | 5,897 | 5.6% | 4% | 10.6% |
Crawford | 30 | 0% | 3.3% | 60% |
Cumberland | 6 | 0% | 0% | 66.7% |
Dekalb | 52 | 1.9% | 3.8% | 13.5% |
Dewitt | 7 | 14.3% | 0% | 14.3% |
Douglas | 28 | 3.6% | 3.6% | 39.3% |
Dupage | 194 | 2.6% | 3.1% | 16% |
Edgar | 21 | 0% | 9.5% | 33.3% |
Edwards | 5 | 0% | 0% | 60% |
Effingham | 21 | 4.8% | 0% | 19% |
Fayette | 35 | 5.7% | 0% | 40% |
Ford | 9 | 11.1% | 11.1% | 11.1% |
Franklin | 57 | 5.3% | 3.5% | 29.8% |
Fulton | 27 | 11.1% | 0% | 48.1% |
Gallatin | 11 | 0% | 9.1% | 36.4% |
Greene | 24 | 4.2% | 4.2% | 50% |
Grundy | 19 | 5.3% | 0% | 31.6% |
Hamilton | 5 | 20% | 0% | 60% |
Hancock | 10 | 0% | 0% | 60% |
Hardin | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Henderson | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Henry | 47 | 4.3% | 0% | 48.9% |
Iroquois | 14 | 21.4% | 0% | 21.4% |
Jackson | 54 | 3.7% | 5.6% | 29.6% |
Jasper | 6 | 16.7% | 0% | 50% |
Jefferson | 77 | 3.9% | 1.3% | 46.8% |
Jersey | 24 | 0% | 0% | 58.3% |
Jo Daviess | 10 | 0% | 10% | 30% |
Johnson | 7 | 0% | 14.3% | 14.3% |
Kane | 268 | 8.6% | 3.7% | 20.9% |
Kankakee | 135 | 2.2% | 3% | 26.7% |
Kendall | 49 | 12.2% | 6.1% | 8.2% |
Knox | 65 | 3.1% | 4.6% | 23.1% |
Lake | 342 | 17.3% | 4.1% | 17.5% |
Lasalle | 94 | 6.4% | 2.1% | 41.5% |
Lawrence | 24 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
Lee | 17 | 17.6% | 5.9% | 11.8% |
Livingston | 39 | 10.3% | 0% | 17.9% |
Logan | 36 | 8.3% | 0% | 27.8% |
Macon | 317 | 6.9% | 1.3% | 22.4% |
Macoupin | 29 | 3.4% | 0% | 34.5% |
Madison | 243 | 4.1% | 2.5% | 23.9% |
Marion | 71 | 2.8% | 1.4% | 28.2% |
Marshall | 11 | 0% | 0% | 27.3% |
Mason | 10 | 30% | 0% | 20% |
Massac | 23 | 4.3% | 0% | 30.4% |
Mcdonough | 8 | 0% | 0% | 37.5% |
Mchenry | 107 | 2.8% | 4.7% | 28% |
Mclean | 193 | 2.1% | 1.6% | 30.6% |
Menard | 6 | 0% | 16.7% | 0% |
Mercer | 12 | 16.7% | 0% | 33.3% |
Monroe | 9 | 0% | 0% | 44.4% |
Montgomery | 35 | 2.9% | 5.7% | 31.4% |
Morgan | 43 | 0% | 2.3% | 44.2% |
Moultrie | 5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
Ogle | 20 | 5% | 0% | 25% |
Peoria | 313 | 4.5% | 5.4% | 15% |
Perry | 31 | 0% | 0% | 45.2% |
Piatt | 6 | 0% | 0% | 16.7% |
Pike | 36 | 8.3% | 0% | 41.7% |
Pope | 3 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
Pulaski | 6 | 0% | 0% | 16.7% |
Putnam | 3 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
Randolph | 42 | 0% | 0% | 40.5% |
Richland | 16 | 0% | 0% | 31.3% |
Rock Island | 113 | 2.7% | 4.4% | 38.9% |
Saline | 31 | 6.5% | 0% | 19.4% |
Sangamon | 239 | 6.7% | 4.2% | 17.6% |
Schuyler | 23 | 52.2% | 4.3% | 8.7% |
Scott | 3 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
Shelby | 14 | 14.3% | 0% | 7.1% |
St. Clair | 337 | 2.1% | 3.6% | 18.7% |
Stark | 8 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
Stephenson | 46 | 6.5% | 6.5% | 15.2% |
Tazewell | 129 | 8.5% | 3.1% | 31% |
Union | 16 | 0% | 6.3% | 25% |
Vermilion | 102 | 3.9% | 2.9% | 26.5% |
Wabash | 8 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
Warren | 11 | 0% | 0% | 27.3% |
Washington | 10 | 0% | 10% | 60% |
Wayne | 14 | 7.1% | 0% | 28.6% |
White | 25 | 4% | 0% | 52% |
Whiteside | 34 | 2.9% | 0% | 29.4% |
Will | 320 | 5% | 5% | 16.3% |
Williamson | 46 | 6.5% | 2.2% | 21.7% |
Winnebago | 449 | 4% | 2% | 10.7% |
Woodford | 14 | 14.3% | 0% | 7.1% |
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