The data shows seven men and one woman were released in DeKalb County. The median age of the parolees was 31. The youngest parolee was a 20-year-old man sentenced for a crime involving one or more weapons in 2022, and the oldest was a 43-year-old man sentenced for a property crime in 2019.
The offender incarcerated the longest was Marcell D. McLaurin. He was convicted of a crime involving drugs in 2018 when he was 23 years old. He is now 28.
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 the first quarter of 2022 in each DeKalb County.
| County | Total Q1 Parolees | % convicted for sex crimes | % convicted for homicide | % convicted for drug-related crimes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cook | 1,502 | 3.99% | 4.19% | 11.19% |
| Winnebago | 114 | 3.51% | 2.63% | 12.28% |
| Lake | 96 | 16.67% | 5.21% | 18.75% |
| Macon | 91 | 7.69% | 1.1% | 23.08% |
| Peoria | 88 | 4.55% | 2.27% | 14.77% |
| Will | 77 | 6.49% | 3.9% | 22.08% |
| Kane | 76 | 6.58% | 6.58% | 21.05% |
| St. Clair | 75 | 1.33% | 2.67% | 18.67% |
| Madison | 64 | 4.69% | 1.56% | 25% |
| Sangamon | 63 | 7.94% | 4.76% | 22.22% |
| Champaign | 57 | 1.75% | 1.75% | 17.54% |
| McLean | 51 | 3.92% | 1.96% | 31.37% |
| Dupage | 50 | 4% | 2% | 20% |
| Kankakee | 37 | 2.7% | 2.7% | 29.73% |
| Lasalle | 30 | 6.67% | 6.67% | 23.33% |
| Tazewell | 29 | 10.34% | 0% | 31.03% |
| Vermilion | 29 | 0% | 3.45% | 37.93% |
| Jefferson | 27 | 0% | 0% | 48.15% |
| Rock Island | 26 | 3.85% | 7.69% | 34.62% |
| Adams | 25 | 4% | 0% | 28% |
| Marion | 24 | 8.33% | 0% | 45.83% |
| McHenry | 22 | 4.55% | 4.55% | 40.91% |
| Coles | 21 | 0% | 4.76% | 38.1% |
| Franklin | 19 | 5.26% | 10.53% | 21.05% |
| Jackson | 19 | 0% | 5.26% | 21.05% |
| Knox | 17 | 5.88% | 5.88% | 11.76% |
| Livingston | 14 | 7.14% | 0% | 21.43% |
| Morgan | 14 | 0% | 7.14% | 42.86% |
| Stephenson | 13 | 7.69% | 0% | 15.38% |
| Kendall | 12 | 25% | 8.33% | 8.33% |
| Boone | 11 | 18.18% | 9.09% | 9.09% |
| Randolph | 11 | 0% | 0% | 18.18% |
| Whiteside | 11 | 0% | 0% | 36.36% |
| Logan | 10 | 10% | 0% | 40% |
| Fayette | 9 | 22.22% | 0% | 33.33% |
| Henry | 9 | 0% | 0% | 77.78% |
| Williamson | 9 | 11.11% | 0% | 33.33% |
| Clinton | 8 | 0% | 0% | 37.5% |
| Crawford | 8 | 0% | 0% | 62.5% |
| DeKalb | 8 | 0% | 0% | 12.5% |
| Edgar | 8 | 0% | 12.5% | 12.5% |
| Massac | 8 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| Montgomery | 8 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| Saline | 8 | 12.5% | 0% | 12.5% |
| Cass | 7 | 0% | 0% | 57.14% |
| Schuyler | 7 | 71.43% | 0% | 28.57% |
| Bond | 6 | 0% | 0% | 66.67% |
| Christian | 6 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Effingham | 6 | 16.67% | 0% | 0% |
| Fulton | 6 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Greene | 6 | 16.67% | 16.67% | 66.67% |
| Jersey | 6 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Lawrence | 6 | 0% | 0% | 33.33% |
| Perry | 6 | 0% | 0% | 66.67% |
| Pike | 6 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Bureau | 5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| Clay | 5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| Grundy | 5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| Macoupin | 5 | 20% | 0% | 40% |
| Richland | 5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| Shelby | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Union | 5 | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| Washington | 5 | 0% | 0% | 60% |
| White | 5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| Carroll | 4 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Douglas | 4 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Hancock | 4 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Ogle | 4 | 25% | 0% | 25% |
| Clark | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Gallatin | 3 | 0% | 33.33% | 33.33% |
| Jo Daviess | 3 | 0% | 0% | 33.33% |
| Lee | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Wayne | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Woodford | 3 | 33.33% | 0% | 0% |
| Calhoun | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Ford | 2 | 50% | 0% | 0% |
| Mason | 2 | 50% | 0% | 0% |
| Menard | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Moultrie | 2 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Stark | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Alexander | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Cumberland | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| DeWitt | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Edwards | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Hamilton | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Henderson | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Iroquois | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Jasper | 1 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Johnson | 1 | 0% | 100% | 0% |
| Marshall | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| McDonough | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Mercer | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Monroe | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pope | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Putnam | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Scott | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Warren | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
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