Metro East Sun

There were 287 offenders released on parole during 2021 that live in St. Clair County, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by Metro East Sun.

The data shows 261 men and 26 women were released in St. Clair County. Of the parolees, 12 were veterans, and the median age was 38. The youngest parolee was a 20-year-old man convicted of a crime involving one or more weapons in 2021, and the oldest was a 75-year-old man convicted of homicide in 2017.

The offender who was incarcerated the longest was Joseph L. Cunningham. He was convicted in 1978 when he was 18 years old. He is now 63.

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 St. Clair 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%