West Cook News

There were 49 offenders convicted of sex crimes living in Cook County released on parole during the first quarter of 2021, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the West Cook News.

The data shows all of the released offenders among the parolees were men. Of the parolees sentenced for sex crimes, two were veterans, and the median age was 44. The youngest parolee was a 26-year-old man sentenced in 2020, and the oldest was a 71-year-old man sentenced in 2014.

The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Shawn D. Andrews. He was convicted in 2000 when he was 18 years old. He is now 40.

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 following table shows how many offenders convicted of sex crimes were paroled during the first quarter of 2021 in each Illinois county.

County	Total Number of Parolees	% Women	% Men	Median age
Cook County	49	0%	100%	44
Lake County	5	0%	100%	44
Mclean County	4	0%	100%	40
Schuyler County	4	0%	100%	51
Macon County	3	0%	100%	34
Mchenry County	3	0%	100%	43
Peoria County	3	0%	100%	47
Winnebago County	3	0%	100%	42
Carroll County	2	0%	100%	31
Champaign County	2	0%	100%	37
Jefferson County	2	0%	100%	38
Kane County	2	0%	100%	56
Will County	2	0%	100%	36
Bond County	1	0%	100%	45
Bureau County	1	0%	100%	35
Christian County	1	0%	100%	40
Crawford County	1	0%	100%	53
Douglas County	1	0%	100%	33
Dupage County	1	0%	100%	34
Hamilton County	1	0%	100%	28
Henderson County	1	0%	100%	28
Henry County	1	0%	100%	27
Jackson County	1	0%	100%	70
Johnson County	1	0%	100%	52
Kendall County	1	0%	100%	47
Lasalle County	1	0%	100%	25
Lee County	1	0%	100%	49
Madison County	1	0%	100%	42
Randolph County	1	0%	100%	63
Richland County	1	0%	100%	24
Saline County	1	0%	100%	29
Shelby County	1	0%	100%	41
Vermilion County	1	0%	100%	32