The data shows 35 men and five women were released in Boone County. The median age of the parolees was 34. The youngest parolee was a 20-year-old man convicted of a crime against a person in 2021, and the oldest was a 67-year-old man convicted of a crime involving drugs in 2021.
The offender who was incarcerated the longest was Gregory Long. He was convicted of homicide in 2002 when he was 42 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 2022 in each Boone 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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