The data shows that five men were among the parolees. The median age of the parolees sentenced for sex crimes was 40. The youngest parolee was a 23-year-old man sentenced in 2017, and the oldest was a 62-year-old man sentenced in 2004.
The offender who was incarcerated the longest was Joel Velazquez. He was convicted of a sex crime in 2004 when he was 46 years old. He is now 62.
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 cities in Illinois with the most paroled offenders in Q2 2018 who were convicted of sex crimes.
Prisoners convicted of sex crimes paroled in Q2 2018
City
Total # of Parolees
% Women
% Men
Median Age
Chicago
10
10%
90%
41
Kankakee
7
0%
100%
43
Broadview
5
0%
100%
40
Decatur
3
0%
100%
37
Rushville
2
0%
100%
58
Joliet
2
0%
100%
31
Lincoln
2
0%
100%
38
New Athens
1
0%
100%
39
Mount Vernon
1
0%
100%
63
Paxton
1
0%
100%
23
Plano
1
0%
100%
35
Rockford
1
0%
100%
36
Aurora
1
0%
100%
37
Savanna
1
0%
100%
32
Skokie
1
0%
100%
30
Springfield
1
0%
100%
49
Willow Hill
1
0%
100%
38
Wilsonville
1
0%
100%
35
Maywood
1
0%
100%
43
Markham
1
0%
100%
62
Bement
1
0%
100%
43
Bonnie
1
0%
100%
32
Carbondale
1
0%
100%
30
Carlinville
1
0%
100%
31
Centralia
1
0%
100%
39
Cicero
1
0%
100%
41
Edwardsville
1
0%
100%
32
Flanagan
1
0%
100%
34
Freeport
1
0%
100%
45
Homewood
1
0%
100%
28
Kinsman
1
0%
100%
48
Woodstock
1
0%
100%
58
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