Rockford Sun

There were five offenders convicted of sex crimes living in Winnebago County released on parole during the fourth quarter of 2021, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the Rockford Sun.

The data shows all of the released offenders among the parolees were men. The median age of the parolees sentenced for sex crimes was 40. The youngest parolee was a 36-year-old man sentenced in 2014, and the oldest was a 44-year-old man sentenced in 2020.

The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Douglas Taylor. He was convicted in 2011 when he was 29 years old. He is now 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 following table shows how many offenders convicted of sex crimes were paroled during the fourth quarter of 2021 in each Illinois county.

County	Total Number of Parolees	% Women	% Men	Median age
Cook	53	0%	100%	41
Lake	16	0%	100%	34.5
Mchenry	15	0%	100%	49
Dupage	5	0%	100%	32
Sangamon	5	0%	100%	36
Schuyler	5	0%	100%	57
Winnebago	5	0%	100%	40
Macon	4	0%	100%	40.5
Peoria	4	0%	100%	45
Whiteside	4	0%	100%	54.5
Kane	3	0%	100%	54
Will	3	0%	100%	32
Champaign	2	0%	100%	56.5
Coles	2	0%	100%	55
Fayette	2	0%	100%	40.5
Fulton	2	0%	100%	43
Hancock	2	0%	100%	29.5
Jackson	2	0%	100%	37
Madison	2	0%	100%	48
Ogle	2	0%	100%	32
Piatt	2	0%	100%	47.5
Rock Island	2	0%	100%	30
Christian	1	0%	100%	33
Clark	1	0%	100%	40
Effingham	1	0%	100%	36
Franklin	1	0%	100%	35
Henry	1	0%	100%	56
Iroquois	1	0%	100%	60
Jefferson	1	0%	100%	52
Kankakee	1	0%	100%	23
Lasalle	1	0%	100%	38
Marion	1	0%	100%	62
Marshall	1	0%	100%	28
Mason	1	0%	100%	30
Mcdonough	1	0%	100%	39
Mclean	1	0%	100%	27
Pulaski	1	0%	100%	24
Richland	1	0%	100%	46
Saline	1	0%	100%	53
St. Clair	1	0%	100%	48
Tazewell	1	0%	100%	32
Union	1	0%	100%	66
Vermilion	1	0%	100%	73