2018 Parolees Recap: Who was paroled in Downers Grove?

There were eight offenders released on parole during 2018 that live in Downers Grove zip codes, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by DuPage Policy Journal.

The data shows that all of the released offenders in Downers Grove were men. The median age of the parolees was 46. The youngest parolee was a 25-year-old man sentenced for a sex crime in 2014, and the oldest was a 65-year-old man sentenced for a crime involving alcohol in 2018.

The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Matthew L. McCrory. He was convicted of a property crime in 2016 when he was 30 years old. He is now 33.

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

304

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

1.8%

22.3%

Harvey

Cook

164

1.2%

4.9%

20.7%

Calumet City

Cook

148

0.7%

21.6%

Kankakee

148

4.7%

18.2%

Elgin

Cook, Kane

146

0.7%

2.1%

24.7%

Blue Island

Cook

130

1.5%

29.2%

Champaign

128

1.6%

21.1%

Danville

Vermilion

127

3.9%

1.6%

22.1%

Marion

Williamson

121

0.8%

33.1%

Bloomington

McLean

119

1.7%

33.6%

Dolton

Cook

103

1.9%

5.8%

16.5%

Granite City

Madison

21.2%

Maywood

Cook

1.1%

4.2%

33.7%

Riverdale

Cook

2.2%

14%

Quincy

Adams

1.1%

48.4%

Cicero

Cook

19%

Belleville

St. Clair

2.7%

16.2%

Bellwood

Cook

6.9%

24.7%

Urbana

Champaign

1.4%

18.6%

Alton

Madison

2.9%

33.8%

Freeport

Stephenson

1.5%

39.7%

Berwyn

Cook

7.7%

24.6%

Pekin

Tazewell

1.5%

33.9%

Galesburg

Knox

1.6%

21.9%

Mount Vernon

Jefferson

3.3%

31.7%

Zion

Lake

10.7%

Centralia

Marion

3.6%

1.8%

41.8%

North Chicago

Lake

23.5%

Rock Island

37.5%

Lansing

Cook

10.4%

8.3%

Mattoon

Coles

6.7%

22.2%

Des Plaines

Cook

4.8%

14.3%

Matteson

Cook

2.4%

12.2%

Melrose Park

Cook

17.5%

Bolingbrook

Will

2.5%

35%

Hazel Crest

Cook

2.5%

20%

Jacksonville

Morgan

2.6%

41%

Sterling

Whiteside

2.6%

23.7%

Country Club Hills

Cook

2.6%

10.5%

Park Forest

Cook

2.6%

21.1%

South Holland

Cook

2.7%

27%

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