South Central Reporter

There were two offenders convicted of crimes involving weapons living in Montgomery County released on parole during the second quarter of 2022, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the South Central Reporter.

The data shows both of the released offenders among the parolees were men. The median age of the parolees sentenced for crimes involving weapons was 33. The younger parolee was a 30-year-old man sentenced in 2017, and the oldest was a 36-year-old man sentenced in 2021.

The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Gilbert L. Smith. He was convicted in 2017 when he was 24 years old. He is now 30.

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 following table shows how many offenders convicted of crimes involving weapons were paroled during the second quarter of 2022 in each Illinois county.

County	Total Number of Parolees	% Women	% Men	Median age
Cook	501	0.8%	99.2%	30
Winnebago	22	4.55%	95.45%	31.5
Lake	20	0%	100%	28.5
Macon	15	0%	100%	27
St. Clair	15	0%	100%	32
Kane	13	7.69%	92.31%	27
Champaign	12	0%	100%	31.5
Peoria	12	0%	100%	31.5
Madison	11	0%	100%	30
Will	11	99%	90.91%	34
Dupage	9	0%	100%	29
Sangamon	8	0%	100%	29.5
Mclean	6	16.67%	83.33%	27
Dekalb	4	0%	100%	30
Jefferson	3	0%	100%	30
Kankakee	3	0%	100%	27
Kendall	3	0%	100%	37
Saline	3	0%	100%	34
Tazewell	3	0%	100%	41
Clark	2	0%	100%	49.5
Franklin	2	0%	100%	45.5
Knox	2	0%	100%	35
Livingston	2	0%	100%	35
Mchenry	2	0%	100%	42
Montgomery	2	0%	100%	33
Rock Island	2	0%	100%	30
Stephenson	2	0%	100%	34.5
Vermilion	2	0%	100%	24.5
Adams	1	0%	100%	46
Alexander	1	0%	100%	24
Christian	1	0%	100%	23
Clay	1	0%	100%	72
Coles	1	0%	100%	23
Fayette	1	0%	100%	31
Gallatin	1	0%	100%	28
Lawrence	1	0%	100%	29
Lee	1	0%	100%	38
Marion	1	0%	100%	31
Massac	1	0%	100%	38
White	1	0%	100%	38
Whiteside	1	0%	100%	31
Williamson	1	0%	100%	24