The data shows that both of the released offenders in Melrose Park were men. The younger parolee was a 39-year-old man sentenced in 2017. The other was a 72-year-old man sentenced in 2015.
The offender who was incarcerated the longest was Ruben Ortiz. He was convicted of a crime involving alcohol in 2015 when he was 67 years old. He is now 72.
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 Q4 2018 who were convicted of crimes involving alcohol.
Prisoners convicted of crimes involving alcohol paroled in Q4 2018
City
Total # of Parolees
% Women
% Men
Median Age
Chicago
79
1.3%
98.7%
43
Kankakee
16
0%
100%
38
Rockford
10
10%
90%
47
Joliet
7
0%
100%
45
Springfield
5
0%
100%
42
Elgin
5
0%
100%
42
Blue Island
4
0%
100%
47
Aurora
4
75%
25%
43
Decatur
4
25%
75%
37
Cicero
4
0%
100%
41
Peoria
3
0%
100%
38
Colona
3
33.3%
66.7%
46
Harvey
3
0%
100%
42
Champaign
3
0%
100%
33
Downers Grove
3
33.3%
66.7%
48
Waukegan
3
0%
100%
56
Chicago Heights
2
0%
100%
39
Clinton
2
0%
100%
43
Sterling
2
50%
50%
30
Steger
2
0%
100%
52
Calumet City
2
0%
100%
50
South Holland
2
0%
100%
32
Quincy
2
0%
100%
41
Peru
2
0%
100%
53
Streamwood
2
0%
100%
40
Streator
2
0%
100%
44
Elmwood Park
2
0%
100%
57
Wheeling
2
0%
100%
31
Urbana
2
0%
100%
49
Woodstock
2
0%
100%
33
Melrose Park
2
0%
100%
55
Antioch
2
50%
50%
42
Montgomery
1
0%
100%
46
Pekin
1
0%
100%
42
Maywood
1
0%
100%
40
Piper City
1
100%
0%
38
Oswego
1
0%
100%
52
Morris
1
0%
100%
20
North Chicago
1
0%
100%
52
Normal
1
0%
100%
50
Park Forest
1
0%
100%
41
New Lenox
1
0%
100%
26
Oak Forest
1
0%
100%
57
Naperville
1
0%
100%
59
Oak Park
1
0%
100%
31
Mulberry Grove
1
0%
100%
35
Mt Zion
1
100%
0%
47
Orland Park
1
0%
100%
31
Plainfield
1
100%
0%
22
Ramsey
1
0%
100%
35
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