The data shows that 338 men and 12 women were released in Kankakee County. Of the parolees, one was a veteran, and the median age was 37. The youngest parolee was a 20-year-old man convicted of a crime involving one or more weapons in 2017, and the oldest was a 77-year-old man convicted of homicide in 2004.
The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Leonardo Nunez. He was convicted of homicide in 1990 when he was 40 years old. He is now 69.
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 2018 in each Kankakee County municipality.
Municipality | Total 2018 Parolees | % convicted for sex crimes | % convicted for homicide | % convicted for drug-related crimes |
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Aroma Park | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Bourbonnais | 21 | 0% | 0% | 23.8% |
Bradley | 14 | 7.1% | 0% | 7.1% |
Chebanse | 3 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
Grant Park | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Kankakee | 287 | 8.7% | 2.8% | 19.5% |
Manteno | 6 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Momence | 5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
Pembroke Township | 6 | 16.7% | 16.7% | 16.7% |
Saint Anne | 5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |