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Q1 Parolees Recap: Who was paroled in Cumberland County?

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There were three offenders living in Cumberland County released on parole during the first quarter of 2021, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by East Central Reporter.

The data shows all of the released offenders in Cumberland County were men. The median age of the parolees was 37. The youngest parolee was a 32-year-old man sentenced for a crime involving drugs in 2020, and the oldest was a 44-year-old man sentenced for a crime involving drugs in 2019.

The offender incarcerated the longest was Benjamin L. Austin. He was convicted of a crime involving drugs in 2019 when he was 41 years old. He is now 44.

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 first quarter of 2021 in each Cumberland County municipality with at least one parolee in the quarter.

Prisoners paroled in Q1 2021
MunicipalityTotal Q1 Parolees% convicted for sex crimes% convicted for homicide% convicted for drug-related crimes
Toledo20%50%50%
Neoga10%0%100%

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