The data shows eight men and three women were released in Mercer County. Of the parolees, one was a veteran, and the median age was 34. The youngest parolee was a 27-year-old man convicted of a crime involving drugs in 2020, and the oldest was a 49-year-old woman convicted of a crime involving drugs in 2019.
The offender who was incarcerated the longest was Kenneth E. Register. He was convicted of a sex crime in 2003 when he was 27 years old. He is now 46.
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 Mercer 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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