The data shows nine men and one woman were released in Douglas County. The median age of the parolees was 38. The youngest parolee was a 21-year-old man sentenced for a crime against a person in 2021, and the oldest was a 43-year-old man sentenced for a property crime in 2020.
The offender incarcerated the longest was Justin T. Thomason. He was convicted of homicide in 2010 when he was 30 years old. He is now 43.
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 second quarter of 2022 in each Douglas County.
Prisoners paroled in Q2 2022
| County | Total Q2 Parolees | % convicted for sex crimes | % convicted for homicide | % convicted for drug-related crimes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cook | 1,492 | 7.57% | 4.49% | 9.18% |
| Winnebago | 113 | 3.54% | 0.88% | 15.93% |
| Lake | 96 | 21.88% | 5.21% | 11.46% |
| St. Clair | 94 | 1.06% | 6.38% | 17.02% |
| Peoria | 75 | 6.67% | 5.33% | 14.67% |
| Will | 75 | 4% | 5.33% | 17.33% |
| Macon | 72 | 12.5% | 2.78% | 13.89% |
| Kane | 68 | 19.12% | 0% | 26.47% |
| Madison | 57 | 0% | 0% | 26.32% |
| Dupage | 54 | 0% | 0% | 22.22% |
| Sangamon | 51 | 7.84% | 3.92% | 21.57% |
| McLean | 48 | 0% | 2.08% | 37.5% |
| Champaign | 44 | 0% | 6.82% | 18.18% |
| Tazewell | 42 | 9.52% | 0% | 33.33% |
| Rock Island | 34 | 2.94% | 8.82% | 38.24% |
| McHenry | 33 | 0% | 6.06% | 30.3% |
| Kankakee | 29 | 0% | 3.45% | 24.14% |
| Lasalle | 22 | 13.64% | 0% | 40.91% |
| Vermilion | 21 | 0% | 4.76% | 9.52% |
| Marion | 17 | 0% | 0% | 17.65% |
| Jefferson | 16 | 12.5% | 6.25% | 31.25% |
| Knox | 16 | 0% | 0% | 37.5% |
| Adams | 15 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| Boone | 15 | 13.33% | 0% | 13.33% |
| DeKalb | 15 | 0% | 0% | 26.67% |
| Henry | 13 | 7.69% | 0% | 53.85% |
| Stephenson | 12 | 0% | 25% | 16.67% |
| Christian | 11 | 0% | 0% | 36.36% |
| Franklin | 11 | 9.09% | 0% | 18.18% |
| Randolph | 11 | 0% | 0% | 54.55% |
| Coles | 10 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| Douglas | 10 | 10% | 10% | 30% |
| Jackson | 10 | 0% | 10% | 30% |
| Jersey | 10 | 0% | 0% | 70% |
| White | 10 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Whiteside | 10 | 0% | 0% | 30% |
| Williamson | 10 | 10% | 0% | 40% |
| Macoupin | 8 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Morgan | 8 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| Saline | 8 | 12.5% | 0% | 25% |
| Clay | 7 | 14.29% | 0% | 14.29% |
| Kendall | 7 | 14.29% | 14.29% | 0% |
| Livingston | 7 | 42.86% | 0% | 14.29% |
| Montgomery | 7 | 14.29% | 0% | 14.29% |
| Pike | 7 | 14.29% | 0% | 28.57% |
| Carroll | 6 | 0% | 0% | 33.33% |
| Clark | 6 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Crawford | 6 | 0% | 16.67% | 50% |
| Edgar | 6 | 0% | 0% | 66.67% |
| Effingham | 6 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Fayette | 6 | 0% | 0% | 33.33% |
| Fulton | 6 | 0% | 0% | 66.67% |
| Grundy | 6 | 0% | 0% | 33.33% |
| Lawrence | 6 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Marshall | 6 | 0% | 0% | 16.67% |
| Bond | 5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| Lee | 5 | 20% | 0% | 20% |
| Logan | 5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| Monroe | 5 | 0% | 0% | 60% |
| Ogle | 5 | 0% | 0% | 60% |
| Shelby | 5 | 20% | 0% | 20% |
| Union | 5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| Alexander | 4 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Iroquois | 4 | 25% | 0% | 25% |
| Massac | 4 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| Wabash | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Woodford | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Bureau | 3 | 0% | 0% | 33.33% |
| DeWitt | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Edwards | 3 | 0% | 0% | 66.67% |
| Greene | 3 | 0% | 0% | 66.67% |
| Hamilton | 3 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Johnson | 3 | 0% | 0% | 33.33% |
| Perry | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Richland | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Schuyler | 3 | 33.33% | 33.33% | 0% |
| Warren | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Cass | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Clinton | 2 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Ford | 2 | 0% | 50% | 0% |
| Gallatin | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Jasper | 2 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Jo Daviess | 2 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Mercer | 2 | 50% | 0% | 50% |
| Moultrie | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Washington | 2 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Calhoun | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Cumberland | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Hancock | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Henderson | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Mason | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Piatt | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Pope | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Putnam | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Scott | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Stark | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Wayne | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
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