The data shows that eight men and two women were released in Marshall. The median age of the parolees was 35. The youngest parolee was a 27-year-old woman sentenced for a crime involving drugs in 2016, and the oldest was a 47-year-old man sentenced for a crime against a person in 2017.
The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Charles J. Richey. He was convicted of a crime involving one or more weapons in 2013 when he was 34 years old. He is now 39.
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.
City
Counties
Total 2018 Parolees
% convicted for sex crimes
% convicted for homicide
% convicted for drug-related crimes
Chicago
Cook
6,973
0.4%
2.7%
30.1%
Rockford
Winnebago
500
1.8%
2.6%
17.8%
Joliet
Will
349
0.9%
1.7%
26.1%
Springfield
Sangamon
340
1.5%
1.2%
26.2%
Decatur
Macon
339
1.2%
0.9%
23%
Peoria
Peoria
304
2%
1.6%
26%
East Saint Louis
St. Clair
246
1.6%
4.5%
20.7%
Aurora
Kane, Dupage, Will
217
1.8%
2.3%
29.5%
Chicago Heights
Cook
176
1.1%
6.3%
22.2%
Waukegan
Lake
166
0%
1.8%
22.3%
Harvey
Cook
164
1.2%
4.9%
20.7%
Calumet City
Cook
148
0.7%
0.7%
21.6%
Kankakee
Kankakee
148
4.7%
2%
18.2%
Elgin
Cook, Kane
146
0.7%
2.1%
24.7%
Blue Island
Cook
130
0%
1.5%
29.2%
Champaign
Champaign
128
0%
1.6%
21.1%
Danville
Vermilion
127
3.9%
1.6%
22.1%
Marion
Williamson
121
0.8%
0.8%
33.1%
Bloomington
McLean
119
0%
1.7%
33.6%
Dolton
Cook
103
1.9%
5.8%
16.5%
Granite City
Madison
99
1%
1%
21.2%
Maywood
Cook
95
1.1%
4.2%
33.7%
Riverdale
Cook
93
2.2%
0%
14%
Quincy
Adams
91
1.1%
0%
48.4%
Cicero
Cook
79
0%
0%
19%
Belleville
St. Clair
74
2.7%
0%
16.2%
Bellwood
Cook
73
0%
6.9%
24.7%
Urbana
Champaign
70
1.4%
0%
18.6%
Alton
Madison
68
0%
2.9%
33.8%
Freeport
Stephenson
68
1.5%
0%
39.7%
Berwyn
Cook
65
0%
7.7%
24.6%
Pekin
Tazewell
65
1.5%
0%
33.9%
Galesburg
Knox
64
0%
1.6%
21.9%
Mount Vernon
Jefferson
60
3.3%
0%
31.7%
Zion
Lake
56
0%
0%
10.7%
Centralia
Marion
55
3.6%
1.8%
41.8%
North Chicago
Lake
51
2%
2%
23.5%
Rock Island
Rock Island
48
0%
0%
37.5%
Lansing
Cook
48
0%
10.4%
8.3%
Mattoon
Coles
45
6.7%
0%
22.2%
Des Plaines
Cook
42
0%
4.8%
14.3%
Matteson
Cook
41
2.4%
2.4%
12.2%
Melrose Park
Cook
40
0%
0%
17.5%
Bolingbrook
Will
40
0%
2.5%
35%
Hazel Crest
Cook
40
0%
2.5%
20%
Jacksonville
Morgan
39
0%
2.6%
41%
Sterling
Whiteside
38
2.6%
0%
23.7%
Country Club Hills
Cook
38
2.6%
2.6%
10.5%
Park Forest
Cook
38
0%
2.6%
21.1%
South Holland
Cook
37
0%
2.7%
27%
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