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Wednesday, December 25, 2024

Q4 2022 Recap: 4 parolees from Kankakee County convicted of crimes involving weapons set for release

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There were four offenders convicted of crimes involving weapons living in Kankakee County released on parole during the fourth quarter of 2022, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the Kankakee Times.

The data shows all of the released offenders among the parolees were men. The median age of the parolees sentenced for crimes involving weapons was 33. The youngest parolee was a 20-year-old man sentenced in 2021, and the oldest was a 36-year-old man sentenced in 2002.

The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Omarion D. Purnell. He was convicted in 2021 when he was 19 years old. He is now 20.

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 crimes involving weapons were paroled during the fourth quarter of 2022 in each Illinois county.

Prisoners convicted of crimes involving weapons paroled in Q4 of 2022
CountyTotal Number of Parolees% Women% MenMedian age
Cook5181.16%98.84%30
Champaign180%100%29.5
Winnebago170%100%29
St. Clair160%100%36
Will150%100%31
Macon140%100%31
Peoria120%100%32
Lake90%100%33
Madison90%100%31
Dupage80%100%27
Kane80%100%33
Sangamon812.5%87.5%26
Mclean616.67%83.33%26.5
Vermilion60%100%29.5
Adams40%100%35.5
Kankakee40%100%32.5
Rock Island40%100%23
Bond30%100%24
Jackson366.67%33.33%37
Mchenry30%100%26
Montgomery30%100%37
Stephenson30%100%27
Williamson30%100%26
Dekalb20%100%29
Edgar20%100%29.5
Fayette20%100%47.5
Jefferson20%100%28.5
Kendall20%100%21.5
Knox20%100%28
Livingston20%100%40.5
Perry20%100%53
Coles10%100%28
Douglas10%100%24
Ford1100%0%23
Gallatin10%100%26
Lasalle10%100%28
Lee10%100%64
Logan10%100%23
Marion10%100%35
Mercer10%100%28
Monroe10%100%33
Morgan10%100%41
Pulaski10%100%42
Randolph10%100%41
Saline10%100%32
Shelby10%100%36
Tazewell10%100%29
Whiteside10%100%31

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