Q3 2020 Recap: 2 parolees from DuPage County convicted of crimes against children set for release

There were two offenders convicted of crimes against children released on parole in DuPage County during the third quarter of 2020, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the DuPage Policy Journal.

The data shows that both of the released offenders among the parolees were men. The median age of the parolees sentenced for crimes against children was 37. The younger parolee was a 29-year-old man sentenced in 2019, and the oldest was a 44-year-old man sentenced in 2018.

The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Jarrett O. Ferguson. He was convicted in 2019 when he was 27 years old. He is now 29.

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 crimes against children were paroled during the third quarter of 2020 in each Illinois county.