Dupage Policy Journal

There were 1,579 offenders living in Cook County released on parole during the third quarter of 2022, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by DuPage Policy Journal.

The data shows 1,509 men and 70 women were released in Cook County. Of the parolees, 12 were veterans, and the median age was 33. The youngest parolee was a 19-year-old man sentenced for a crime involving one or more weapons in 2022, and the oldest was a 85-year-old man sentenced for homicide in 2011.

The offender incarcerated the longest was Nathaniel Hart. He was convicted of homicide in 1984 when he was 20 years old. He is now 59.

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 third quarter of 2022 in each Cook County.

County	Total Q3 Parolees	% convicted for sex crimes	% convicted for homicide	% convicted for drug-related crimes
Cook	1,579	4.37%	3.99%	11.02%
Winnebago	122	6.56%	2.46%	7.38%
Lake	90	15.56%	2.22%	20%
Will	87	1.15%	8.05%	14.94%
St. Clair	82	1.22%	2.44%	17.07%
Peoria	80	5%	5%	11.25%
Macon	77	5.19%	1.3%	29.87%
Sangamon	70	5.71%	7.14%	14.29%
Kane	68	4.41%	4.41%	19.12%
Madison	68	5.88%	1.47%	26.47%
Dupage	52	3.85%	3.85%	13.46%
Champaign	51	0%	3.92%	15.69%
McLean	46	2.17%	0%	28.26%
Kankakee	39	2.56%	0%	35.9%
McHenry	35	2.86%	5.71%	22.86%
Tazewell	31	6.45%	3.23%	32.26%
Adams	27	3.7%	0%	37.04%
Lasalle	26	3.85%	0%	46.15%
Knox	23	4.35%	8.7%	30.43%
Vermilion	23	4.35%	4.35%	26.09%
Coles	22	4.55%	0%	31.82%
Rock Island	22	0%	0%	40.91%
Kendall	19	10.53%	0%	5.26%
Marion	19	0%	5.26%	21.05%
Williamson	17	5.88%	5.88%	11.76%
Jackson	16	0%	6.25%	37.5%
Jefferson	16	0%	0%	62.5%
Franklin	15	0%	0%	40%
Stephenson	15	13.33%	0%	6.67%
Henry	14	0%	0%	35.71%
Logan	14	14.29%	0%	28.57%
DeKalb	13	0%	15.38%	7.69%
Pike	13	15.38%	0%	30.77%
Fayette	12	0%	0%	33.33%
Perry	12	0%	0%	58.33%
Bond	11	0%	0%	63.64%
Boone	10	10%	0%	20%
Cass	10	0%	0%	60%
Fulton	10	20%	0%	40%
Montgomery	10	0%	10%	60%
Morgan	10	0%	0%	60%
Randolph	10	0%	0%	70%
Clinton	9	0%	0%	55.56%
Macoupin	9	0%	0%	11.11%
Massac	9	11.11%	0%	33.33%
Christian	8	0%	0%	62.5%
Livingston	8	0%	0%	37.5%
Douglas	7	0%	0%	42.86%
Greene	7	0%	0%	42.86%
Mason	7	28.57%	0%	28.57%
Mercer	7	0%	0%	28.57%
Ogle	7	0%	0%	0%
Schuyler	7	42.86%	0%	0%
Wayne	7	0%	0%	42.86%
White	7	0%	0%	57.14%
Iroquois	6	16.67%	0%	16.67%
Lawrence	6	0%	0%	66.67%
Warren	6	0%	0%	33.33%
Carroll	5	0%	0%	20%
Crawford	5	0%	0%	40%
Jersey	5	0%	0%	80%
Whiteside	5	0%	0%	40%
Alexander	4	0%	0%	25%
Bureau	4	0%	0%	50%
Effingham	4	0%	0%	25%
Grundy	4	25%	0%	25%
McDonough	4	0%	0%	50%
Richland	4	0%	0%	50%
Saline	4	0%	0%	0%
Stark	4	0%	0%	50%
Union	4	0%	0%	25%
Wabash	4	0%	0%	50%
Woodford	4	25%	0%	0%
Clark	3	0%	0%	0%
Edgar	3	0%	33.33%	33.33%
Lee	3	33.33%	0%	0%
Calhoun	2	0%	0%	100%
Gallatin	2	0%	0%	100%
Hancock	2	0%	0%	100%
Monroe	2	0%	0%	50%
Pulaski	2	0%	0%	0%
Washington	2	0%	50%	50%
Brown	1	0%	0%	100%
Clay	1	0%	0%	100%
Cumberland	1	0%	0%	100%
Ford	1	0%	0%	100%
Hamilton	1	100%	0%	0%
Jasper	1	0%	0%	100%
Jo Daviess	1	0%	0%	0%
Marshall	1	0%	0%	0%
Menard	1	0%	100%	0%
Piatt	1	0%	0%	0%
Scott	1	0%	0%	100%
Shelby	1	0%	0%	0%