The data shows 472 men and 24 women were released in Winnebago County. Of the parolees, 10 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 70-year-old man convicted of a crime against a person in 2018.
The offender who was incarcerated the longest was Lavertis Stewart. He was convicted of homicide in 1985 when he was 30 years old. He is now 67.
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 Winnebago 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% |
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