Will County Gazette

There were six offenders convicted of crimes involving alcohol living in Will County released on parole during the fourth quarter of 2021, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the Will County Gazette.

The data shows all of the released offenders among the parolees were men. The median age of the parolees sentenced for crimes involving alcohol was 39. The youngest parolee was a 27-year-old man sentenced in 2018, and the oldest was a 49-year-old man sentenced in 2016.

The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Scott Rossow. He was convicted in 2011 when he was 27 years old. He is now 39.

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 fourth quarter of 2021 in each Illinois county.

County	Total Number of Parolees	% Women	% Men	Median age
Cook	77	12.99%	871%	41
Kane	8	12.5%	87.5%	40.5
Lake	8	12.5%	87.5%	38
Winnebago	8	12.5%	87.5%	46
Sangamon	7	14.29%	85.71%	39
Kendall	6	16.67%	83.33%	43.5
Mclean	6	33.33%	66.67%	40.5
Will	6	0%	100%	38.5
Macon	4	0%	100%	36.5
Rock Island	4	0%	100%	46.5
Dupage	3	33.33%	66.67%	33
Madison	3	0%	100%	51
Mchenry	3	0%	100%	33
Tazewell	3	33.33%	66.67%	40
Christian	2	0%	100%	52
Coles	2	0%	100%	63
Dekalb	2	0%	100%	38.5
Peoria	2	0%	100%	44.5
Boone	1	0%	100%	44
Cass	1	0%	100%	63
Douglas	1	100%	0%	34
Edgar	1	0%	100%	57
Effingham	1	100%	0%	37
Henry	1	0%	100%	55
Iroquois	1	0%	100%	67
Jefferson	1	0%	100%	51
Johnson	1	0%	100%	32
Knox	1	0%	100%	34
Lasalle	1	100%	0%	68
Livingston	1	0%	100%	68
Macoupin	1	0%	100%	58
Mcdonough	1	0%	100%	44
Montgomery	1	0%	100%	44
Ogle	1	0%	100%	56
Schuyler	1	0%	100%	45
St. Clair	1	0%	100%	59
Union	1	0%	100%	51
Vermilion	1	0%	100%	31
Wabash	1	0%	100%	40
Washington	1	0%	100%	47