Macon Reporter

There were two offenders convicted of drug crimes released on parole in De Witt County during the third quarter of 2020, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the Macon Reporter.

The data shows that both of the released offenders among the parolees were men. The median age of the parolees sentenced for drug crimes was 44. The younger parolee was a 33-year-old man sentenced in 2019, and the oldest was a 54-year-old man sentenced in 2019.

The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Brandon G. Mitchell. He was convicted in 2019 when he was 31 years old. He is now 33.

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 drug crimes were paroled during the third quarter of 2020 in each Illinois county.

County	Total Number of Parolees	% Women	% Men	Median age
Cook County	295	4.75%	95.25%	40
Will County	26	15.38%	84.62%	34
Lake County	25	12%	88%	36
Sangamon County	24	4.17%	95.83%	41
Winnebago County	22	18.18%	81.82%	41
Madison County	21	19.05%	80.95%	43
Macon County	19	10.53%	89.47%	38
Kane County	16	12.5%	87.5%	37
Rock Island County	16	43.75%	56.25%	37
St. Clair County	16	12.5%	87.5%	39
Dupage County	15	13.33%	86.67%	33
Mclean County	13	0%	100%	41
Champaign County	12	0%	100%	34
Peoria County	12	33.33%	66.67%	40
Tazewell County	12	25%	75%	33
Mchenry County	11	18.18%	81.82%	32
Lasalle County	10	0%	100%	39
Marion County	9	22.22%	77.78%	39
Williamson County	9	11.11%	88.89%	40
Vermilion County	8	25%	75%	36
Jefferson County	7	14.29%	85.71%	41
Kankakee County	7	28.57%	71.43%	39
Christian County	6	0%	100%	42
Clay County	6	33.33%	66.67%	39
Montgomery County	6	33.33%	66.67%	41
Morgan County	6	0%	100%	30
Whiteside County	6	0%	100%	37
Franklin County	5	40%	60%	37
Hancock County	5	40%	60%	31
Jersey County	5	40%	60%	38
Mason County	5	0%	100%	36
Saline County	5	20%	80%	44
Adams County	4	25%	75%	35
Bureau County	4	50%	50%	39
Clark County	4	0%	100%	42
Crawford County	4	25%	75%	36
Dekalb County	4	0%	100%	33
Edgar County	4	50%	50%	30
Knox County	4	0%	100%	40
Lawrence County	4	50%	50%	41
Macoupin County	4	0%	100%	46
Mercer County	4	25%	75%	36
Carroll County	3	0%	100%	32
Coles County	3	0%	100%	26
Fulton County	3	0%	100%	39
Jackson County	3	33.33%	66.67%	50
Livingston County	3	66.67%	33.33%	37
Monroe County	3	0%	100%	42
Perry County	3	0%	100%	29
Union County	3	66.67%	33.33%	37
Wabash County	3	33.33%	66.67%	41
Wayne County	3	0%	100%	42
Brown County	2	0%	100%	30
Calhoun County	2	50%	50%	28
Cass County	2	50%	50%	35
Clinton County	2	50%	50%	39
De Witt County	2	0%	100%	44
Fayette County	2	50%	50%	26
Greene County	2	0%	100%	44
Hamilton County	2	50%	50%	32
Henry County	2	50%	50%	29
Iroquois County	2	50%	50%	41
Kendall County	2	0%	100%	28
Logan County	2	0%	100%	50
Pike County	2	50%	50%	44
Randolph County	2	50%	50%	37
Richland County	2	0%	100%	32
Stephenson County	2	0%	100%	39
Boone County	1	0%	100%	32
Cumberland County	1	0%	100%	35
Gallatin County	1	100%	0%	30
Grundy County	1	100%	0%	36
Hardin County	1	0%	100%	43
Jo Daviess County	1	100%	0%	23
Lee County	1	100%	0%	26
Moultrie County	1	0%	100%	30
Pope County	1	100%	0%	34
Pulaski County	1	0%	100%	39
Putnam County	1	100%	0%	27
Schuyler County	1	100%	0%	41
Scott County	1	0%	100%	43
Warren County	1	0%	100%	28
Washington County	1	0%	100%	24
White County	1	0%	100%	53