The data shows that both of the released offenders in Lincoln were men. The younger parolee was a 22-year-old man sentenced in 2016. The other was a 54-year-old man sentenced in 1985.
The offender who was incarcerated the longest was Marcus Downen. He was convicted of a sex crime in 2016 when he was 20 years old. He is now 22.
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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