The data shows 12 men and four women were released in Alexander County. The median age of the parolees was 43. 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 59-year-old man convicted of a property crime in 2020.
The offender who was incarcerated the longest was Samantha D. Dean. She was convicted of homicide in 2016 when she was 27 years old. She is now 34.
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 Alexander 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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