The data shows that 20 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 47 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 50 zips in Illinois with the most paroled offenders in 2018 who were convicted of sex crimes.
Prisoners convicted of sex crimes paroled in 2018