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Q2 2019 Parolees Recap: Who was paroled in Livingston County?

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There were 10 offenders released on parole during the second quarter of 2019 that live in Livingston County, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by McLean County Times.

The data shows that all of the released offenders in Livingston County were men. The median age of the parolees was 36. The youngest parolee was a 22-year-old man sentenced for a property crime in 2016, and the oldest was a 66-year-old man sentenced for a crime involving drugs in 2018.

The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Jonathan F. Cotton. He was convicted of a property crime in 2010 when he was 25 years old. He is now 34.

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 the second quarter of 2019 in each Livingston County municipality with at least one parolee in the quarter.

MunicipalityTotal Q2 Parolees% convicted for sex crimes% convicted for homicide% convicted for drug-related crimes
Pontiac90%0%44.4%
Chatsworth1100%0%0%

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