The data shows 30 men and five women were released in Montgomery County. Of the parolees, four were veterans, and the median age was 38. The youngest parolee was a 20-year-old man convicted of a property crime in 2022, and the oldest was a 84-year-old man convicted of homicide in 1996.
The offender who was incarcerated the longest was Robert Hardin. He was convicted of homicide in 1996 when he was 57 years old. He is now 84.
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 2022 in each Montgomery County.
| County | Total 2022 Parolees | % convicted for sex crimes | % convicted for homicide | % convicted for drug-related crimes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | 90 | 3.3% | 1.1% | 26.7% |
| Alexander | 15 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Bond | 27 | 0% | 0% | 48.1% |
| Boone | 40 | 15% | 2.5% | 15% |
| Brown | 2 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Bureau | 17 | 0% | 0% | 29.4% |
| Calhoun | 5 | 0% | 0% | 60% |
| Carroll | 17 | 0% | 0% | 35.3% |
| Cass | 22 | 0% | 4.5% | 54.5% |
| Champaign | 197 | 0.5% | 4.1% | 18.3% |
| Christian | 34 | 2.9% | 0% | 47.1% |
| Clark | 14 | 0% | 0% | 35.7% |
| Clay | 17 | 5.9% | 0% | 35.3% |
| Clinton | 22 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Coles | 60 | 1.7% | 1.7% | 30% |
| Cook | 5,897 | 5.6% | 4% | 10.6% |
| Crawford | 30 | 0% | 3.3% | 60% |
| Cumberland | 6 | 0% | 0% | 66.7% |
| Dekalb | 52 | 1.9% | 3.8% | 13.5% |
| Dewitt | 7 | 14.3% | 0% | 14.3% |
| Douglas | 28 | 3.6% | 3.6% | 39.3% |
| Dupage | 194 | 2.6% | 3.1% | 16% |
| Edgar | 21 | 0% | 9.5% | 33.3% |
| Edwards | 5 | 0% | 0% | 60% |
| Effingham | 21 | 4.8% | 0% | 19% |
| Fayette | 35 | 5.7% | 0% | 40% |
| Ford | 9 | 11.1% | 11.1% | 11.1% |
| Franklin | 57 | 5.3% | 3.5% | 29.8% |
| Fulton | 27 | 11.1% | 0% | 48.1% |
| Gallatin | 11 | 0% | 9.1% | 36.4% |
| Greene | 24 | 4.2% | 4.2% | 50% |
| Grundy | 19 | 5.3% | 0% | 31.6% |
| Hamilton | 5 | 20% | 0% | 60% |
| Hancock | 10 | 0% | 0% | 60% |
| Hardin | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Henderson | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Henry | 47 | 4.3% | 0% | 48.9% |
| Iroquois | 14 | 21.4% | 0% | 21.4% |
| Jackson | 54 | 3.7% | 5.6% | 29.6% |
| Jasper | 6 | 16.7% | 0% | 50% |
| Jefferson | 77 | 3.9% | 1.3% | 46.8% |
| Jersey | 24 | 0% | 0% | 58.3% |
| Jo Daviess | 10 | 0% | 10% | 30% |
| Johnson | 7 | 0% | 14.3% | 14.3% |
| Kane | 268 | 8.6% | 3.7% | 20.9% |
| Kankakee | 135 | 2.2% | 3% | 26.7% |
| Kendall | 49 | 12.2% | 6.1% | 8.2% |
| Knox | 65 | 3.1% | 4.6% | 23.1% |
| Lake | 342 | 17.3% | 4.1% | 17.5% |
| Lasalle | 94 | 6.4% | 2.1% | 41.5% |
| Lawrence | 24 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Lee | 17 | 17.6% | 5.9% | 11.8% |
| Livingston | 39 | 10.3% | 0% | 17.9% |
| Logan | 36 | 8.3% | 0% | 27.8% |
| Macon | 317 | 6.9% | 1.3% | 22.4% |
| Macoupin | 29 | 3.4% | 0% | 34.5% |
| Madison | 243 | 4.1% | 2.5% | 23.9% |
| Marion | 71 | 2.8% | 1.4% | 28.2% |
| Marshall | 11 | 0% | 0% | 27.3% |
| Mason | 10 | 30% | 0% | 20% |
| Massac | 23 | 4.3% | 0% | 30.4% |
| Mcdonough | 8 | 0% | 0% | 37.5% |
| Mchenry | 107 | 2.8% | 4.7% | 28% |
| Mclean | 193 | 2.1% | 1.6% | 30.6% |
| Menard | 6 | 0% | 16.7% | 0% |
| Mercer | 12 | 16.7% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Monroe | 9 | 0% | 0% | 44.4% |
| Montgomery | 35 | 2.9% | 5.7% | 31.4% |
| Morgan | 43 | 0% | 2.3% | 44.2% |
| Moultrie | 5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| Ogle | 20 | 5% | 0% | 25% |
| Peoria | 313 | 4.5% | 5.4% | 15% |
| Perry | 31 | 0% | 0% | 45.2% |
| Piatt | 6 | 0% | 0% | 16.7% |
| Pike | 36 | 8.3% | 0% | 41.7% |
| Pope | 3 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Pulaski | 6 | 0% | 0% | 16.7% |
| Putnam | 3 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Randolph | 42 | 0% | 0% | 40.5% |
| Richland | 16 | 0% | 0% | 31.3% |
| Rock Island | 113 | 2.7% | 4.4% | 38.9% |
| Saline | 31 | 6.5% | 0% | 19.4% |
| Sangamon | 239 | 6.7% | 4.2% | 17.6% |
| Schuyler | 23 | 52.2% | 4.3% | 8.7% |
| Scott | 3 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Shelby | 14 | 14.3% | 0% | 7.1% |
| St. Clair | 337 | 2.1% | 3.6% | 18.7% |
| Stark | 8 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Stephenson | 46 | 6.5% | 6.5% | 15.2% |
| Tazewell | 129 | 8.5% | 3.1% | 31% |
| Union | 16 | 0% | 6.3% | 25% |
| Vermilion | 102 | 3.9% | 2.9% | 26.5% |
| Wabash | 8 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| Warren | 11 | 0% | 0% | 27.3% |
| Washington | 10 | 0% | 10% | 60% |
| Wayne | 14 | 7.1% | 0% | 28.6% |
| White | 25 | 4% | 0% | 52% |
| Whiteside | 34 | 2.9% | 0% | 29.4% |
| Will | 320 | 5% | 5% | 16.3% |
| Williamson | 46 | 6.5% | 2.2% | 21.7% |
| Winnebago | 449 | 4% | 2% | 10.7% |
| Woodford | 14 | 14.3% | 0% | 7.1% |
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