Chicago City Wire

There was an offender convicted of a crime involving drugs released on parole near Illinois zip code 60701 during 2019, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the Chicago City Wire.

The data shows that the released offender was a man. He was convicted in 2017 when he was 40.

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 in 2019 who were convicted of drug crimes.

Prisoners convicted of drug crimes paroled in 2019

Zip	Total # of Parolees	% Women	% Men	Median Age
60644	149	6.7%	93.3%	39
60624	148	12.2%	87.8%	40
60623	124	7.3%	92.7%	42
60651	101	5%	95%	39
60901	87	2.3%	97.7%	41
60612	85	11.8%	88.2%	39
60628	82	3.7%	96.3%	44
60607	72	6.9%	93.1%	47
60620	71	5.6%	94.4%	40
60608	67	6%	94%	36
60636	66	7.6%	92.4%	43
60619	63	11.1%	88.9%	41
60621	56	3.6%	96.4%	41
61832	48	14.6%	85.4%	36
60649	47	10.6%	89.4%	41
62703	45	4.4%	95.6%	39
60639	40	5%	95%	39
62301	39	20.5%	79.5%	36
60637	38	5.3%	94.7%	41
60629	37	5.4%	94.6%	38
60617	34	5.9%	94.1%	40
60435	31	3.2%	96.8%	40
61554	31	16.1%	83.9%	35
61701	31	19.4%	80.6%	37
62521	29	24.1%	75.9%	36
60609	28	7.1%	92.9%	38
62702	28	3.6%	96.4%	38
62002	27	14.8%	85.2%	37
60411	27	14.8%	85.2%	41
61201	26	7.7%	92.3%	39
61604	26	11.5%	88.5%	39
62650	25	16%	84%	36
60153	25	4%	96%	40
60505	25	20%	80%	37
60085	24	16.7%	83.3%	36
61920	24	20.8%	79.2%	37
61603	23	17.4%	82.6%	43
61104	23	8.7%	91.3%	36
60645	22	9.1%	90.9%	41
62864	22	31.8%	68.2%	39
60409	22	0%	100%	38
60643	21	4.8%	95.2%	41
60406	21	0%	100%	41
62205	21	9.5%	90.5%	37
62959	21	9.5%	90.5%	42
61605	21	9.5%	90.5%	37
62526	20	5%	95%	36
61944	19	26.3%	73.7%	38
60120	19	15.8%	84.2%	36
60647	19	15.8%	84.2%	42