The data shows six men and one woman were released in Mercer County. The median age of the parolees was 31. The youngest parolee was a 22-year-old man sentenced for a property crime in 2020, and the oldest was a 58-year-old woman sentenced for a crime involving drugs in 2021.
The offender incarcerated the longest was Cody A. Pratt. He was convicted of a crime involving drugs in 2018 when he was 27 years old. He is now 31.
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 third quarter of 2022 in each Mercer County.
Prisoners paroled in Q3 2022
| County | Total Q3 Parolees | % convicted for sex crimes | % convicted for homicide | % convicted for drug-related crimes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cook | 1,579 | 4.37% | 3.99% | 11.02% |
| Winnebago | 122 | 6.56% | 2.46% | 7.38% |
| Lake | 90 | 15.56% | 2.22% | 20% |
| Will | 87 | 1.15% | 8.05% | 14.94% |
| St. Clair | 82 | 1.22% | 2.44% | 17.07% |
| Peoria | 80 | 5% | 5% | 11.25% |
| Macon | 77 | 5.19% | 1.3% | 29.87% |
| Sangamon | 70 | 5.71% | 7.14% | 14.29% |
| Kane | 68 | 4.41% | 4.41% | 19.12% |
| Madison | 68 | 5.88% | 1.47% | 26.47% |
| Dupage | 52 | 3.85% | 3.85% | 13.46% |
| Champaign | 51 | 0% | 3.92% | 15.69% |
| McLean | 46 | 2.17% | 0% | 28.26% |
| Kankakee | 39 | 2.56% | 0% | 35.9% |
| McHenry | 35 | 2.86% | 5.71% | 22.86% |
| Tazewell | 31 | 6.45% | 3.23% | 32.26% |
| Adams | 27 | 3.7% | 0% | 37.04% |
| Lasalle | 26 | 3.85% | 0% | 46.15% |
| Knox | 23 | 4.35% | 8.7% | 30.43% |
| Vermilion | 23 | 4.35% | 4.35% | 26.09% |
| Coles | 22 | 4.55% | 0% | 31.82% |
| Rock Island | 22 | 0% | 0% | 40.91% |
| Kendall | 19 | 10.53% | 0% | 5.26% |
| Marion | 19 | 0% | 5.26% | 21.05% |
| Williamson | 17 | 5.88% | 5.88% | 11.76% |
| Jackson | 16 | 0% | 6.25% | 37.5% |
| Jefferson | 16 | 0% | 0% | 62.5% |
| Franklin | 15 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| Stephenson | 15 | 13.33% | 0% | 6.67% |
| Henry | 14 | 0% | 0% | 35.71% |
| Logan | 14 | 14.29% | 0% | 28.57% |
| DeKalb | 13 | 0% | 15.38% | 7.69% |
| Pike | 13 | 15.38% | 0% | 30.77% |
| Fayette | 12 | 0% | 0% | 33.33% |
| Perry | 12 | 0% | 0% | 58.33% |
| Bond | 11 | 0% | 0% | 63.64% |
| Boone | 10 | 10% | 0% | 20% |
| Cass | 10 | 0% | 0% | 60% |
| Fulton | 10 | 20% | 0% | 40% |
| Montgomery | 10 | 0% | 10% | 60% |
| Morgan | 10 | 0% | 0% | 60% |
| Randolph | 10 | 0% | 0% | 70% |
| Clinton | 9 | 0% | 0% | 55.56% |
| Macoupin | 9 | 0% | 0% | 11.11% |
| Massac | 9 | 11.11% | 0% | 33.33% |
| Christian | 8 | 0% | 0% | 62.5% |
| Livingston | 8 | 0% | 0% | 37.5% |
| Douglas | 7 | 0% | 0% | 42.86% |
| Greene | 7 | 0% | 0% | 42.86% |
| Mason | 7 | 28.57% | 0% | 28.57% |
| Mercer | 7 | 0% | 0% | 28.57% |
| Ogle | 7 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Schuyler | 7 | 42.86% | 0% | 0% |
| Wayne | 7 | 0% | 0% | 42.86% |
| White | 7 | 0% | 0% | 57.14% |
| Iroquois | 6 | 16.67% | 0% | 16.67% |
| Lawrence | 6 | 0% | 0% | 66.67% |
| Warren | 6 | 0% | 0% | 33.33% |
| Carroll | 5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| Crawford | 5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| Jersey | 5 | 0% | 0% | 80% |
| Whiteside | 5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| Alexander | 4 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| Bureau | 4 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Effingham | 4 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| Grundy | 4 | 25% | 0% | 25% |
| McDonough | 4 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Richland | 4 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Saline | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Stark | 4 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Union | 4 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| Wabash | 4 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Woodford | 4 | 25% | 0% | 0% |
| Clark | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Edgar | 3 | 0% | 33.33% | 33.33% |
| Lee | 3 | 33.33% | 0% | 0% |
| Calhoun | 2 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Gallatin | 2 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Hancock | 2 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Monroe | 2 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Pulaski | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Washington | 2 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| Brown | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Clay | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Cumberland | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Ford | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Hamilton | 1 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Jasper | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Jo Daviess | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Marshall | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Menard | 1 | 0% | 100% | 0% |
| Piatt | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Scott | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Shelby | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
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