West Cook News

There were two offenders convicted of crimes involving weapons released on parole near Illinois zip code 60155 during the fourth quarter, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the West Cook News.

The data shows that both of the released offenders in 60155 were men. The younger parolee was a 21-year-old man sentenced in 2018. The other was a 32-year-old man sentenced in 2018.

The offender who was incarcerated the longest was Terrence Griffin. He was convicted of a crime involving one or more weapons in 2018 when he was 32 years old. He is now 32.

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 zips in Illinois with the most paroled offenders in Q4 2018 who were convicted of crimes involving weapons.

Prisoners convicted of crimes involving weapons paroled in Q4 2018