The data shows 16 men and one woman were released in Lee County. The median age of the parolees was 37. The youngest parolee was a 20-year-old man convicted of a crime against a person in 2020, and the oldest was a 71-year-old man convicted of a sex crime in 2019.
The offender who was incarcerated the longest was Christopher Owens. He was convicted of homicide in 2013 when he was 21 years old. He is now 31.
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 Lee 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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