Peoria Standard

There were two offenders convicted of crimes involving alcohol living in Peoria County released on parole during the third quarter of 2021, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the Peoria Standard.

The data shows a man and a woman were among the parolees. The median age of the parolees sentenced for crimes involving alcohol was 45. The younger parolee was a 39-year-old man sentenced in 2019, and the oldest was a 51-year-old woman sentenced in 2019.

The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Amy J. Andersen. She was convicted in 2019 when she was 47 years old. She is now 51.

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 alcohol were paroled during the third quarter of 2021 in each Illinois county.

County	Total Number of Parolees	% Women	% Men	Median age
Cook	51	11.76%	88.24%	41
Winnebago	9	0%	100%	51
Mclean	7	14.29%	85.71%	57
Dupage	6	0%	100%	37.5
Macon	5	40%	60%	41
Will	5	0%	100%	45
Kane	4	50%	50%	46
Lake	4	0%	100%	42
Sangamon	4	25%	75%	50.5
Adams	3	0%	100%	31
Madison	3	33.33%	66.67%	61
Mchenry	3	0%	100%	35
Champaign	2	0%	100%	39
Coles	2	0%	100%	48.5
Effingham	2	50%	50%	43
Peoria	2	50%	50%	45
Rock Island	2	0%	100%	42
Tazewell	2	0%	100%	32
Boone	1	0%	100%	57
Bureau	1	0%	100%	27
Christian	1	0%	100%	36
Edgar	1	0%	100%	51
Franklin	1	0%	100%	56
Hancock	1	0%	100%	43
Hardin	1	0%	100%	39
Henry	1	0%	100%	53
Jackson	1	0%	100%	55
Jersey	1	0%	100%	66
Kankakee	1	0%	100%	45
Kendall	1	0%	100%	35
Knox	1	0%	100%	32
Lasalle	1	0%	100%	40
Livingston	1	0%	100%	34
Perry	1	100%	0%	52
St. Clair	1	0%	100%	51
Woodford	1	100%	0%	49