Q4 2020 Recap: 3 parolees from Will County convicted of homicide set for release

There were three offenders convicted of homicide released on parole in Will County during the fourth quarter of 2020, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the DuPage Policy Journal.

The data shows that all of the released offenders among the parolees were men. The median age of the parolees sentenced for homicide was 59. The youngest parolee was a 50-year-old man sentenced in 1993, and the oldest was a 71-year-old man sentenced in 1992.

The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Ricky Icenberg. He was convicted in 1992 when he was 42 years old. He is now 71.

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 following table shows how many offenders convicted of homicide were paroled during the fourth quarter of 2020 in each Illinois county.