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Q1 2020 Parolees Recap: Who was paroled in Johnson County?

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There were three offenders released on parole during the first quarter of 2020 that live in Johnson County, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by Southern Illinois News.

The data shows that two men and one woman were released in Johnson County. The median age of the parolees was 35. The youngest parolee was a 27-year-old woman sentenced for a crime involving drugs in 2019, and the oldest was a 51-year-old man sentenced for a financial crime or fraud in 2015.

The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Rudolph J. Reeves. He was convicted of a financial crime or fraud in 2015 when he was 46 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 the first quarter of 2020 in each Johnson County municipality with at least one parolee in the quarter.

MunicipalityTotal Q1 Parolees% convicted for sex crimes% convicted for homicide% convicted for drug-related crimes
Grantsburg10%0%100%
New Burnside10%0%100%
Ozark10%0%0%

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