The data shows 23 men and nine women were released in Jersey County. Of the parolees, two were veterans, and the median age was 41. The youngest parolee was a 24-year-old man convicted of a property crime in 2020, and the oldest was a 72-year-old man convicted of a property crime in 2020.
The offender who was incarcerated the longest was Ryan C. Morell. He was convicted of a sex crime in 2017 when he was 37 years old. He is now 42.
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 2021 in each Jersey County.
County | Total 2021 Parolees | % convicted for sex crimes | % convicted for homicide | % convicted for drug-related crimes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Adams | 82 | 0% | 1.2% | 32.9% |
Alexander | 16 | 6.3% | 6.3% | 18.8% |
Bond | 30 | 3.3% | 10% | 23.3% |
Boone | 46 | 4.3% | 4.3% | 26.1% |
Brown | 2 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
Bureau | 28 | 3.6% | 7.1% | 46.4% |
Calhoun | 3 | 0% | 0% | 66.7% |
Carroll | 15 | 20% | 0% | 40% |
Cass | 15 | 6.7% | 6.7% | 26.7% |
Champaign | 213 | 2.8% | 4.7% | 21.1% |
Christian | 49 | 6.1% | 4.1% | 30.6% |
Clark | 16 | 18.8% | 0% | 25% |
Clay | 20 | 5% | 0% | 40% |
Clinton | 19 | 5.3% | 0% | 36.8% |
Coles | 82 | 3.7% | 2.4% | 28% |
Cook | 5,682 | 4.1% | 4.3% | 13.2% |
Crawford | 20 | 5% | 0% | 50% |
Cumberland | 7 | 14.3% | 14.3% | 0% |
Dekalb | 66 | 0% | 1.5% | 13.6% |
Dewitt | 24 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
Douglas | 14 | 0% | 0% | 21.4% |
Dupage | 180 | 6.1% | 5.6% | 13.9% |
Edgar | 27 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
Edwards | 12 | 8.3% | 0% | 58.3% |
Effingham | 43 | 2.3% | 0% | 34.9% |
Fayette | 23 | 17.4% | 0% | 34.8% |
Ford | 6 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Franklin | 64 | 10.9% | 1.6% | 32.8% |
Fulton | 35 | 8.6% | 5.7% | 22.9% |
Gallatin | 8 | 0% | 0% | 37.5% |
Greene | 24 | 0% | 4.2% | 54.2% |
Grundy | 20 | 5% | 5% | 20% |
Hamilton | 5 | 40% | 0% | 20% |
Hancock | 24 | 8.3% | 0% | 54.2% |
Hardin | 3 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
Henderson | 5 | 0% | 20% | 0% |
Henry | 49 | 8.2% | 0% | 36.7% |
Iroquois | 19 | 10.5% | 0% | 21.1% |
Jackson | 55 | 9.1% | 0% | 21.8% |
Jasper | 4 | 25% | 0% | 75% |
Jefferson | 78 | 6.4% | 0% | 43.6% |
Jersey | 32 | 3.1% | 0% | 53.1% |
Jo Daviess | 4 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
Johnson | 6 | 16.7% | 0% | 50% |
Kane | 276 | 7.2% | 4% | 15.6% |
Kankakee | 156 | 2.6% | 3.2% | 27.6% |
Kendall | 48 | 4.2% | 2.1% | 20.8% |
Knox | 70 | 2.9% | 1.4% | 40% |
Lake | 378 | 15.6% | 2.9% | 15.9% |
Lasalle | 91 | 4.4% | 2.2% | 38.5% |
Lawrence | 19 | 5.3% | 0% | 31.6% |
Lee | 23 | 13% | 0% | 30.4% |
Livingston | 40 | 5% | 0% | 37.5% |
Logan | 40 | 15% | 0% | 27.5% |
Macon | 324 | 4.3% | 1.2% | 27.5% |
Macoupin | 49 | 4.1% | 2% | 26.5% |
Madison | 280 | 2.5% | 2.1% | 24.6% |
Marion | 71 | 4.2% | 1.4% | 39.4% |
Marshall | 9 | 11.1% | 0% | 33.3% |
Mason | 21 | 4.8% | 4.8% | 33.3% |
Massac | 21 | 4.8% | 0% | 38.1% |
Mcdonough | 21 | 14.3% | 0% | 19% |
Mchenry | 162 | 17.3% | 3.7% | 22.8% |
Mclean | 185 | 4.3% | 0.5% | 29.7% |
Menard | 3 | 0% | 0% | 66.7% |
Mercer | 11 | 9.1% | 0% | 36.4% |
Monroe | 13 | 7.7% | 0% | 46.2% |
Montgomery | 33 | 3% | 0% | 27.3% |
Morgan | 50 | 4% | 0% | 58% |
Moultrie | 8 | 12.5% | 0% | 25% |
Ogle | 31 | 19.4% | 6.5% | 16.1% |
Peoria | 296 | 4.4% | 2% | 18.6% |
Perry | 21 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
Piatt | 9 | 22.2% | 11.1% | 33.3% |
Pike | 33 | 6.1% | 0% | 63.6% |
Pope | 3 | 33.3% | 0% | 33.3% |
Pulaski | 18 | 38.9% | 0% | 16.7% |
Randolph | 46 | 4.3% | 0% | 37% |
Richland | 28 | 7.1% | 3.6% | 28.6% |
Rock Island | 162 | 3.7% | 3.1% | 31.5% |
Saline | 38 | 7.9% | 2.6% | 23.7% |
Sangamon | 226 | 5.8% | 1.3% | 18.1% |
Schuyler | 39 | 74.4% | 0% | 10.3% |
Scott | 4 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
Shelby | 15 | 6.7% | 6.7% | 20% |
St. Clair | 287 | 0.7% | 3.5% | 18.1% |
Stark | 6 | 0% | 0% | 16.7% |
Stephenson | 54 | 0% | 0% | 25.9% |
Tazewell | 145 | 4.8% | 0.7% | 34.5% |
Union | 21 | 4.8% | 0% | 28.6% |
Vermilion | 123 | 4.9% | 2.4% | 25.2% |
Wabash | 14 | 0% | 0% | 28.6% |
Warren | 15 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
Washington | 7 | 0% | 0% | 14.3% |
Wayne | 26 | 0% | 0% | 42.3% |
White | 32 | 3.1% | 0% | 37.5% |
Whiteside | 52 | 11.5% | 0% | 23.1% |
Will | 353 | 2.5% | 4.2% | 16.7% |
Williamson | 62 | 6.5% | 3.2% | 24.2% |
Winnebago | 496 | 5.6% | 2.4% | 20.6% |
Woodford | 20 | 0% | 0% | 5% |