The data shows 48 men and seven women were released in Jackson County. Of the parolees, one was a veteran, and the median age was 40. The youngest parolee was a 23-year-old man convicted of a crime involving drugs 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 Cordell L. Gines. He was convicted of a crime against a person in 2011 when he was 39 years old. He is now 51.
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 Jackson 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% |