The data shows 13 men and one woman were released in Iroquois County. The median age of the parolees was 34. The youngest parolee was a 22-year-old man convicted of a property crime in 2021, and the oldest was a 52-year-old man convicted of a sex crime in 2015.
The offender who was incarcerated the longest was Kenton R. Pellegrini. He was convicted of a sex crime in 2015 when he was 45 years old. He is now 52.
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 2022 in each Iroquois County.
| County | Total 2022 Parolees | % convicted for sex crimes | % convicted for homicide | % convicted for drug-related crimes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | 90 | 3.3% | 1.1% | 26.7% |
| Alexander | 15 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Bond | 27 | 0% | 0% | 48.1% |
| Boone | 40 | 15% | 2.5% | 15% |
| Brown | 2 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Bureau | 17 | 0% | 0% | 29.4% |
| Calhoun | 5 | 0% | 0% | 60% |
| Carroll | 17 | 0% | 0% | 35.3% |
| Cass | 22 | 0% | 4.5% | 54.5% |
| Champaign | 197 | 0.5% | 4.1% | 18.3% |
| Christian | 34 | 2.9% | 0% | 47.1% |
| Clark | 14 | 0% | 0% | 35.7% |
| Clay | 17 | 5.9% | 0% | 35.3% |
| Clinton | 22 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Coles | 60 | 1.7% | 1.7% | 30% |
| Cook | 5,897 | 5.6% | 4% | 10.6% |
| Crawford | 30 | 0% | 3.3% | 60% |
| Cumberland | 6 | 0% | 0% | 66.7% |
| Dekalb | 52 | 1.9% | 3.8% | 13.5% |
| Dewitt | 7 | 14.3% | 0% | 14.3% |
| Douglas | 28 | 3.6% | 3.6% | 39.3% |
| Dupage | 194 | 2.6% | 3.1% | 16% |
| Edgar | 21 | 0% | 9.5% | 33.3% |
| Edwards | 5 | 0% | 0% | 60% |
| Effingham | 21 | 4.8% | 0% | 19% |
| Fayette | 35 | 5.7% | 0% | 40% |
| Ford | 9 | 11.1% | 11.1% | 11.1% |
| Franklin | 57 | 5.3% | 3.5% | 29.8% |
| Fulton | 27 | 11.1% | 0% | 48.1% |
| Gallatin | 11 | 0% | 9.1% | 36.4% |
| Greene | 24 | 4.2% | 4.2% | 50% |
| Grundy | 19 | 5.3% | 0% | 31.6% |
| Hamilton | 5 | 20% | 0% | 60% |
| Hancock | 10 | 0% | 0% | 60% |
| Hardin | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Henderson | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Henry | 47 | 4.3% | 0% | 48.9% |
| Iroquois | 14 | 21.4% | 0% | 21.4% |
| Jackson | 54 | 3.7% | 5.6% | 29.6% |
| Jasper | 6 | 16.7% | 0% | 50% |
| Jefferson | 77 | 3.9% | 1.3% | 46.8% |
| Jersey | 24 | 0% | 0% | 58.3% |
| Jo Daviess | 10 | 0% | 10% | 30% |
| Johnson | 7 | 0% | 14.3% | 14.3% |
| Kane | 268 | 8.6% | 3.7% | 20.9% |
| Kankakee | 135 | 2.2% | 3% | 26.7% |
| Kendall | 49 | 12.2% | 6.1% | 8.2% |
| Knox | 65 | 3.1% | 4.6% | 23.1% |
| Lake | 342 | 17.3% | 4.1% | 17.5% |
| Lasalle | 94 | 6.4% | 2.1% | 41.5% |
| Lawrence | 24 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Lee | 17 | 17.6% | 5.9% | 11.8% |
| Livingston | 39 | 10.3% | 0% | 17.9% |
| Logan | 36 | 8.3% | 0% | 27.8% |
| Macon | 317 | 6.9% | 1.3% | 22.4% |
| Macoupin | 29 | 3.4% | 0% | 34.5% |
| Madison | 243 | 4.1% | 2.5% | 23.9% |
| Marion | 71 | 2.8% | 1.4% | 28.2% |
| Marshall | 11 | 0% | 0% | 27.3% |
| Mason | 10 | 30% | 0% | 20% |
| Massac | 23 | 4.3% | 0% | 30.4% |
| Mcdonough | 8 | 0% | 0% | 37.5% |
| Mchenry | 107 | 2.8% | 4.7% | 28% |
| Mclean | 193 | 2.1% | 1.6% | 30.6% |
| Menard | 6 | 0% | 16.7% | 0% |
| Mercer | 12 | 16.7% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Monroe | 9 | 0% | 0% | 44.4% |
| Montgomery | 35 | 2.9% | 5.7% | 31.4% |
| Morgan | 43 | 0% | 2.3% | 44.2% |
| Moultrie | 5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| Ogle | 20 | 5% | 0% | 25% |
| Peoria | 313 | 4.5% | 5.4% | 15% |
| Perry | 31 | 0% | 0% | 45.2% |
| Piatt | 6 | 0% | 0% | 16.7% |
| Pike | 36 | 8.3% | 0% | 41.7% |
| Pope | 3 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Pulaski | 6 | 0% | 0% | 16.7% |
| Putnam | 3 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Randolph | 42 | 0% | 0% | 40.5% |
| Richland | 16 | 0% | 0% | 31.3% |
| Rock Island | 113 | 2.7% | 4.4% | 38.9% |
| Saline | 31 | 6.5% | 0% | 19.4% |
| Sangamon | 239 | 6.7% | 4.2% | 17.6% |
| Schuyler | 23 | 52.2% | 4.3% | 8.7% |
| Scott | 3 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Shelby | 14 | 14.3% | 0% | 7.1% |
| St. Clair | 337 | 2.1% | 3.6% | 18.7% |
| Stark | 8 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Stephenson | 46 | 6.5% | 6.5% | 15.2% |
| Tazewell | 129 | 8.5% | 3.1% | 31% |
| Union | 16 | 0% | 6.3% | 25% |
| Vermilion | 102 | 3.9% | 2.9% | 26.5% |
| Wabash | 8 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| Warren | 11 | 0% | 0% | 27.3% |
| Washington | 10 | 0% | 10% | 60% |
| Wayne | 14 | 7.1% | 0% | 28.6% |
| White | 25 | 4% | 0% | 52% |
| Whiteside | 34 | 2.9% | 0% | 29.4% |
| Will | 320 | 5% | 5% | 16.3% |
| Williamson | 46 | 6.5% | 2.2% | 21.7% |
| Winnebago | 449 | 4% | 2% | 10.7% |
| Woodford | 14 | 14.3% | 0% | 7.1% |
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