Kankakee Times

There were three offenders convicted of sex crimes released on parole in Kankakee County during the first quarter of 2020, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the Kankakee Times.

The data shows that two men and one woman were among the parolees. The median age of the parolees sentenced for sex crimes was 44. The youngest parolee was a 29-year-old man sentenced in 2011, and the oldest was a 63-year-old man sentenced in 2018.

The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Luis Lucero. He was convicted in 2018 when he was 61 years old. He is now 63.

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 first quarter of 2020 in each Illinois county.

County	Total Number of Parolees	% Women	% Men	Median age
Cook County	24	0%	100%	39
Lake County	4	0%	100%	34
Lasalle County	4	0%	100%	38
Kankakee County	3	33.3%	66.7%	44
Mclean County	3	0%	100%	48
Peoria County	3	0%	100%	43
Rock Island County	3	0%	100%	53
Sangamon County	3	0%	100%	52
Tazewell County	3	0%	100%	39
Winnebago County	3	0%	100%	44
Fulton County	2	0%	100%	38
Kane County	2	0%	100%	34
Logan County	2	50%	50%	36
Macon County	2	0%	100%	34
Schuyler County	2	0%	100%	39
Stephenson County	2	0%	100%	43
Will County	2	0%	100%	48
Bureau County	1	0%	100%	31
Clay County	1	0%	100%	34
Ford County	1	0%	100%	39
Franklin County	1	0%	100%	62
Jefferson County	1	0%	100%	30
Knox County	1	0%	100%	37
Livingston County	1	0%	100%	31
Madison County	1	0%	100%	58
Marion County	1	0%	100%	39
Mchenry County	1	0%	100%	24
Montgomery County	1	0%	100%	37
Ogle County	1	0%	100%	41
Pulaski County	1	0%	100%	41
St. Clair County	1	0%	100%	37
Vermilion County	1	0%	100%	35
Whiteside County	1	0%	100%	29