The data shows that three men were among the parolees. The median age of the parolees sentenced for sex crimes was 34. The youngest parolee was a 22-year-old man sentenced in 2016, and the oldest 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 50 cities in Illinois with the most paroled offenders in 2018 who were convicted of sex crimes.
Prisoners convicted of sex crimes paroled in 2018
City
Total # of Parolees
% Women
% Men
Median Age
Chicago
30
3.3%
96.7%
43
Kankakee
25
0%
100%
40
Broadview
20
0%
100%
40
Rushville
9
0%
100%
52
Rockford
7
0%
100%
35
Peoria
6
0%
100%
44
Ullin
6
0%
100%
36
Decatur
5
0%
100%
34
Danville
5
0%
100%
38
Springfield
4
0%
100%
48
Joliet
4
0%
100%
41
Aurora
4
0%
100%
33
Woodstock
3
0%
100%
53
East Saint Louis
3
0%
100%
43
Lincoln
3
0%
100%
34
Mattoon
2
0%
100%
51
Homewood
2
0%
100%
53
Dolton
2
0%
100%
40
Belleville
2
0%
100%
41
Mount Vernon
2
0%
100%
47
Lawrenceville
2
0%
100%
35
Salem
2
0%
100%
50
Riverdale
2
0%
100%
42
Carbondale
2
0%
100%
43
Freeport
2
0%
100%
39
Centralia
2
0%
100%
48
New Athens
1
0%
100%
39
Morris
1
0%
100%
29
Ottawa
1
100%
0%
21
Orland Park
1
0%
100%
26
O Fallon
1
0%
100%
30
Montgomery
1
0%
100%
54
Mchenry
1
0%
100%
31
New Haven
1
0%
100%
32
North Chicago
1
0%
100%
25
Normal
1
100%
0%
24
Mendota
1
0%
100%
22
Murrayville
1
0%
100%
56
Paxton
1
0%
100%
23
Winthrop Harbor
1
0%
100%
34
Wilsonville
1
0%
100%
35
Willow Hill
1
0%
100%
38
Vandalia
1
0%
100%
40
Urbana
1
0%
100%
36
Streator
1
0%
100%
46
Sterling
1
0%
100%
54
Sparta
1
0%
100%
50
Sorento
1
0%
100%
27
Skokie
1
0%
100%
30
Rockton
1
0%
100%
57
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