Kane County Reporter

There were two offenders convicted of crimes involving alcohol living in Kane County released on parole during the fourth quarter of 2022, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the Kane County Reporter.

The data shows a man and a woman were among the parolees. The median age of the parolees sentenced for crimes involving alcohol was 37. The younger parolee was a 33-year-old man sentenced in 2022, and the oldest was a 41-year-old woman sentenced in 2016.

The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Leena A. Ultsch. She was convicted in 2016 when she was 35 years old. She is now 41.

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 2022 in each Illinois county.

County	Total Number of Parolees	% Women	% Men	Median age
Cook	61	14.75%	85.25%	42
Will	8	25%	75%	48
Winnebago	8	12.5%	87.5%	53
Macon	6	33.33%	66.67%	50.5
Dupage	4	0%	100%	48.5
Lake	3	33.33%	66.67%	38
Sangamon	3	33.33%	66.67%	41
Kane	2	50%	50%	37
Kankakee	2	50%	50%	42
Kendall	2	0%	100%	35
Livingston	2	0%	100%	55
Perry	2	0%	100%	36.5
Rock Island	2	0%	100%	38
Champaign	1	0%	100%	39
Christian	1	0%	100%	43
Coles	1	0%	100%	42
Dewitt	1	0%	100%	30
Effingham	1	0%	100%	54
Fulton	1	0%	100%	63
Grundy	1	0%	100%	29
Jefferson	1	0%	100%	40
Knox	1	0%	100%	30
Lasalle	1	0%	100%	62
Logan	1	0%	100%	34
Marshall	1	0%	100%	52
Mchenry	1	0%	100%	46
Mclean	1	0%	100%	39
Morgan	1	0%	100%	45
Peoria	1	0%	100%	69
Pike	1	0%	100%	44
St. Clair	1	0%	100%	52
Union	1	0%	100%	44
Vermilion	1	0%	100%	42
Williamson	1	0%	100%	34
Woodford	1	0%	100%	40