The data shows 14 men and one woman were released in Shelby County. Of the parolees, one was a veteran, and the median age was 42. The youngest parolee was a 25-year-old man convicted of a property crime in 2020, and the oldest was a 58-year-old man convicted of homicide in 2005.
The offender who was incarcerated the longest was Timothy W. Bush. He was convicted of homicide in 2005 when he was 40 years old. He is now 58.
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 2021 in each Shelby County.
| County | Total 2021 Parolees | % convicted for sex crimes | % convicted for homicide | % convicted for drug-related crimes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | 82 | 0% | 1.2% | 32.9% |
| Alexander | 16 | 6.3% | 6.3% | 18.8% |
| Bond | 30 | 3.3% | 10% | 23.3% |
| Boone | 46 | 4.3% | 4.3% | 26.1% |
| Brown | 2 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Bureau | 28 | 3.6% | 7.1% | 46.4% |
| Calhoun | 3 | 0% | 0% | 66.7% |
| Carroll | 15 | 20% | 0% | 40% |
| Cass | 15 | 6.7% | 6.7% | 26.7% |
| Champaign | 213 | 2.8% | 4.7% | 21.1% |
| Christian | 49 | 6.1% | 4.1% | 30.6% |
| Clark | 16 | 18.8% | 0% | 25% |
| Clay | 20 | 5% | 0% | 40% |
| Clinton | 19 | 5.3% | 0% | 36.8% |
| Coles | 82 | 3.7% | 2.4% | 28% |
| Cook | 5,682 | 4.1% | 4.3% | 13.2% |
| Crawford | 20 | 5% | 0% | 50% |
| Cumberland | 7 | 14.3% | 14.3% | 0% |
| Dekalb | 66 | 0% | 1.5% | 13.6% |
| Dewitt | 24 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Douglas | 14 | 0% | 0% | 21.4% |
| Dupage | 180 | 6.1% | 5.6% | 13.9% |
| Edgar | 27 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Edwards | 12 | 8.3% | 0% | 58.3% |
| Effingham | 43 | 2.3% | 0% | 34.9% |
| Fayette | 23 | 17.4% | 0% | 34.8% |
| Ford | 6 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Franklin | 64 | 10.9% | 1.6% | 32.8% |
| Fulton | 35 | 8.6% | 5.7% | 22.9% |
| Gallatin | 8 | 0% | 0% | 37.5% |
| Greene | 24 | 0% | 4.2% | 54.2% |
| Grundy | 20 | 5% | 5% | 20% |
| Hamilton | 5 | 40% | 0% | 20% |
| Hancock | 24 | 8.3% | 0% | 54.2% |
| Hardin | 3 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Henderson | 5 | 0% | 20% | 0% |
| Henry | 49 | 8.2% | 0% | 36.7% |
| Iroquois | 19 | 10.5% | 0% | 21.1% |
| Jackson | 55 | 9.1% | 0% | 21.8% |
| Jasper | 4 | 25% | 0% | 75% |
| Jefferson | 78 | 6.4% | 0% | 43.6% |
| Jersey | 32 | 3.1% | 0% | 53.1% |
| Jo Daviess | 4 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| Johnson | 6 | 16.7% | 0% | 50% |
| Kane | 276 | 7.2% | 4% | 15.6% |
| Kankakee | 156 | 2.6% | 3.2% | 27.6% |
| Kendall | 48 | 4.2% | 2.1% | 20.8% |
| Knox | 70 | 2.9% | 1.4% | 40% |
| Lake | 378 | 15.6% | 2.9% | 15.9% |
| Lasalle | 91 | 4.4% | 2.2% | 38.5% |
| Lawrence | 19 | 5.3% | 0% | 31.6% |
| Lee | 23 | 13% | 0% | 30.4% |
| Livingston | 40 | 5% | 0% | 37.5% |
| Logan | 40 | 15% | 0% | 27.5% |
| Macon | 324 | 4.3% | 1.2% | 27.5% |
| Macoupin | 49 | 4.1% | 2% | 26.5% |
| Madison | 280 | 2.5% | 2.1% | 24.6% |
| Marion | 71 | 4.2% | 1.4% | 39.4% |
| Marshall | 9 | 11.1% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Mason | 21 | 4.8% | 4.8% | 33.3% |
| Massac | 21 | 4.8% | 0% | 38.1% |
| Mcdonough | 21 | 14.3% | 0% | 19% |
| Mchenry | 162 | 17.3% | 3.7% | 22.8% |
| Mclean | 185 | 4.3% | 0.5% | 29.7% |
| Menard | 3 | 0% | 0% | 66.7% |
| Mercer | 11 | 9.1% | 0% | 36.4% |
| Monroe | 13 | 7.7% | 0% | 46.2% |
| Montgomery | 33 | 3% | 0% | 27.3% |
| Morgan | 50 | 4% | 0% | 58% |
| Moultrie | 8 | 12.5% | 0% | 25% |
| Ogle | 31 | 19.4% | 6.5% | 16.1% |
| Peoria | 296 | 4.4% | 2% | 18.6% |
| Perry | 21 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Piatt | 9 | 22.2% | 11.1% | 33.3% |
| Pike | 33 | 6.1% | 0% | 63.6% |
| Pope | 3 | 33.3% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Pulaski | 18 | 38.9% | 0% | 16.7% |
| Randolph | 46 | 4.3% | 0% | 37% |
| Richland | 28 | 7.1% | 3.6% | 28.6% |
| Rock Island | 162 | 3.7% | 3.1% | 31.5% |
| Saline | 38 | 7.9% | 2.6% | 23.7% |
| Sangamon | 226 | 5.8% | 1.3% | 18.1% |
| Schuyler | 39 | 74.4% | 0% | 10.3% |
| Scott | 4 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Shelby | 15 | 6.7% | 6.7% | 20% |
| St. Clair | 287 | 0.7% | 3.5% | 18.1% |
| Stark | 6 | 0% | 0% | 16.7% |
| Stephenson | 54 | 0% | 0% | 25.9% |
| Tazewell | 145 | 4.8% | 0.7% | 34.5% |
| Union | 21 | 4.8% | 0% | 28.6% |
| Vermilion | 123 | 4.9% | 2.4% | 25.2% |
| Wabash | 14 | 0% | 0% | 28.6% |
| Warren | 15 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| Washington | 7 | 0% | 0% | 14.3% |
| Wayne | 26 | 0% | 0% | 42.3% |
| White | 32 | 3.1% | 0% | 37.5% |
| Whiteside | 52 | 11.5% | 0% | 23.1% |
| Will | 353 | 2.5% | 4.2% | 16.7% |
| Williamson | 62 | 6.5% | 3.2% | 24.2% |
| Winnebago | 496 | 5.6% | 2.4% | 20.6% |
| Woodford | 20 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
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