The data shows 63 men and three women were released in Dekalb County. Of the parolees, one was a veteran, and the median age was 36. The youngest parolee was a 20-year-old man convicted of a property crime in 2021, and the oldest was a 59-year-old man convicted of a property crime in 2020.
The offender who was incarcerated the longest was John L. Selders. He was convicted of homicide in 2012 when he was 31 years old. He is now 42.
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 Dekalb 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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