South Central Reporter

There were four offenders convicted of drug crimes released on parole near Illinois zip code 62626 during the first half of 2019, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the South Central Reporter.

The data shows that three men and one woman were among the parolees. Of the parolees sentenced for drug crimes, one is a veteran, and the median age is 48. The youngest parolee was a 31-year-old woman sentenced in 2016, and the oldest was a 62-year-old man sentenced in 2017.

The offender who was incarcerated the longest was Mary K. Perry. She was convicted of a crime involving drugs in 2016 when she was 27 years old. She is now 31.

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 zips in Illinois with the most paroled offenders during the first half of 2019 who were convicted of drug crimes.

Prisoners convicted of drug crimes paroled during the first half of 2019

Zip	Total # of Parolees	% Women	% Men	Median Age
60624	86	4.7%	95.3%	40
60644	80	7.5%	92.5%	40
60623	77	7.8%	92.2%	40
60651	61	4.9%	95.1%	38
60628	48	2.1%	97.9%	46
60901	48	2.1%	97.9%	43
60612	47	12.8%	87.2%	38
60608	43	2.3%	97.7%	37
60620	38	5.3%	94.7%	41
60619	37	18.9%	81.1%	42
60636	37	13.5%	86.5%	42
60649	33	12.1%	87.9%	41
60607	31	6.5%	93.5%	48
60621	28	3.6%	96.4%	41
61832	24	12.5%	87.5%	38
60639	22	4.5%	95.5%	38
60637	21	4.8%	95.2%	42
62703	19	5.3%	94.7%	41
60617	19	10.5%	89.5%	36
60629	18	5.6%	94.4%	38
62301	18	22.2%	77.8%	38
61554	18	11.1%	88.9%	38
60153	17	5.9%	94.1%	41
61603	17	11.8%	88.2%	44
62521	17	17.6%	82.4%	37
61701	16	31.3%	68.8%	37
60411	16	12.5%	87.5%	42
61920	15	26.7%	73.3%	38
61104	15	6.7%	93.3%	36
60435	14	0%	100%	40
60615	14	21.4%	78.6%	38
61201	14	0%	100%	40
62702	14	0%	100%	38
60643	14	7.1%	92.9%	41
62526	13	0%	100%	38
60406	13	0%	100%	46
60645	13	7.7%	92.3%	43
60609	13	7.7%	92.3%	34
60804	13	15.4%	84.6%	37
62864	13	46.2%	53.8%	39
62002	13	15.4%	84.6%	38
60120	12	16.7%	83.3%	36
60436	12	0%	100%	38
61102	12	8.3%	91.7%	36
60085	12	0%	100%	36
61604	12	8.3%	91.7%	40
60409	12	0%	100%	37
60647	11	0%	100%	42
62650	11	27.3%	72.7%	38
62439	10	40%	60%	36