The data shows that 162 men and 22 women were released in Mclean County. Of the parolees, two were veterans, and the median age was 36. The youngest parolee was a 20-year-old man convicted of a crime involving one or more weapons in 2017, and the oldest was a 71-year-old man convicted of a crime involving drugs in 2017.
The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Eric Buckner. He was convicted of homicide in 1997 when he was 18 years old. He is now 40.
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 2018 in each Mclean County municipality.
| Municipality | Total 2018 Parolees | % convicted for sex crimes | % convicted for homicide | % convicted for drug-related crimes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anchor | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Bloomington | 127 | 0.8% | 1.6% | 37% |
| Carlock | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Chenoa | 3 | 0% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Colfax | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Danvers | 1 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Heyworth | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Hudson | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Le Roy | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Lexington | 2 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Mc Lean | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Normal | 32 | 6.2% | 6.2% | 43.8% |
| Saybrook | 3 | 0% | 0% | 66.7% |
| Shirley | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Stanford | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
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