The data shows that 1,549 men and 107 women were released in Chicago. Of the parolees, 27 are veterans, and the median age is 36. The youngest parolee is a 19-year-old man sentenced for crimes involving one or more weapons in 2018, and the oldest is a 79-year-old man sentenced for sex crimes in 2014.
The offender who had been incarcerated the longest is Miles Barnes. He was convicted of homicide in 1983 when he was 28 years old. He is now 63.
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 shows the 50 cities in Illinois with the most paroled offenders in the first quarter.
City
Counties
Total Q1 Parolees
% convicted for sex crimes
% convicted for homicide
% convicted for drug-related crimes
Chicago
Cook
1,656
0.9%
2.8%
27.3%
Rockford
Winnebago
144
1.4%
1.4%
23.6%
Peoria
Peoria
106
0%
0.9%
37.7%
Kankakee
Kankakee
105
9.5%
0.9%
26.7%
Joliet
Will
95
2.1%
1.1%
24.2%
Decatur
Macon
92
2.2%
3.3%
25%
Springfield
Sangamon
74
4%
2.7%
23%
East Saint Louis
St. Clair
46
0%
2.2%
26.1%
Aurora
Kane, Will, Dupage
41
0%
4.9%
31.7%
Chicago Heights
Cook
40
0%
5%
22.5%
Harvey
Cook
39
2.6%
2.6%
7.7%
Waukegan
Lake
37
0%
2.7%
21.6%
Bloomington
McLean
35
8.6%
0%
25.7%
Champaign
Champaign
35
0%
0%
28.6%
Elgin
Cook, Kane
34
0%
0%
32.4%
Danville
Vermilion
33
6.1%
3%
18.2%
Blue Island
Cook
32
0%
3.1%
15.6%
Marion
Williamson
31
0%
0%
29%
Calumet City
Cook
30
0%
13.3%
23.3%
Maywood
Cook
28
0%
3.6%
32.1%
Urbana
Champaign
25
0%
0%
32%
Quincy
Adams
25
4%
0%
36%
Dolton
Cook
25
0%
0%
20%
Cicero
Cook
24
0%
0%
41.7%
Granite City
Madison
22
4.5%
0%
31.8%
Riverdale
Cook
22
4.5%
4.5%
18.2%
Freeport
Stephenson
21
0%
0%
23.8%
Alton
Madison
21
0%
0%
23.8%
Belleville
St. Clair
21
9.5%
0%
28.6%
Berwyn
Cook
19
0%
5.3%
15.8%
Centralia
Marion
19
0%
0%
21.1%
Rock Island
Rock Island
18
0%
0%
44.4%
Bolingbrook
Will
15
0%
0%
46.7%
Normal
McLean
15
6.7%
0%
33.3%
Mount Vernon
Jefferson
14
0%
0%
28.6%
Galesburg
Knox
13
0%
0%
30.8%
Bellwood
Cook
13
0%
0%
38.5%
North Chicago
Lake
13
7.7%
7.7%
0%
Round Lake
Lake
12
0%
0%
25%
Lansing
Cook
12
0%
0%
16.7%
Lincoln
Logan
12
0%
0%
41.7%
Charleston
Coles
12
0%
0%
33.3%
Ottawa
La Salle
12
8.3%
0%
25%
Pekin
Tazewell
12
0%
0%
33.3%
Zion
Lake
11
0%
0%
54.5%
Mattoon
Coles
11
0%
0%
36.4%
Oak Lawn
Cook
11
0%
0%
18.2%
Des Plaines
Cook
11
0%
0%
18.2%
Bridgeview
Cook
10
10%
10%
10%
Park Forest
Cook
10
10%
0%
0%
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