Q4 2020 Recap: 8 parolees from DuPage County convicted of crimes involving alcohol set for release

There were eight offenders convicted of crimes involving alcohol released on parole in DuPage County during the fourth quarter of 2020, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the DuPage Policy Journal.

The data shows that seven men and one woman were among the parolees. The median age of the parolees sentenced for crimes involving alcohol was 45. The youngest parolee was a 29-year-old man sentenced in 2020, and the oldest was a 66-year-old man sentenced in 2020.

The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Refugio Blancas. He was convicted in 2006 when he was 31 years old. He is now 46.

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 involving alcohol were paroled during the fourth quarter of 2020 in each Illinois county.