The data shows that both of the released offenders in Freeport were men. The younger parolee was a 34-year-old man sentenced in 2011. The other was a 45-year-old man sentenced in 2005.
The offender who was incarcerated the longest was Michael Meissen. He was convicted of a sex crime in 2005 when he was 31 years old. He is now 45.
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 cities in Illinois with the most paroled offenders in 2018 who were convicted of sex crimes.
Prisoners convicted of sex crimes paroled in 2018
City
Total # of Parolees
% Women
% Men
Median Age
Chicago
30
3.3%
96.7%
43
Kankakee
25
0%
100%
40
Broadview
20
0%
100%
40
Rushville
9
0%
100%
52
Rockford
7
0%
100%
35
Peoria
6
0%
100%
44
Ullin
6
0%
100%
36
Decatur
5
0%
100%
34
Danville
5
0%
100%
38
Springfield
4
0%
100%
48
Joliet
4
0%
100%
41
Aurora
4
0%
100%
33
Woodstock
3
0%
100%
53
East Saint Louis
3
0%
100%
43
Lincoln
3
0%
100%
34
Mattoon
2
0%
100%
51
Homewood
2
0%
100%
53
Dolton
2
0%
100%
40
Belleville
2
0%
100%
41
Mount Vernon
2
0%
100%
47
Lawrenceville
2
0%
100%
35
Salem
2
0%
100%
50
Riverdale
2
0%
100%
42
Carbondale
2
0%
100%
43
Freeport
2
0%
100%
39
Centralia
2
0%
100%
48
New Athens
1
0%
100%
39
Morris
1
0%
100%
29
Ottawa
1
100%
0%
21
Orland Park
1
0%
100%
26
O Fallon
1
0%
100%
30
Montgomery
1
0%
100%
54
Mchenry
1
0%
100%
31
New Haven
1
0%
100%
32
North Chicago
1
0%
100%
25
Normal
1
100%
0%
24
Mendota
1
0%
100%
22
Murrayville
1
0%
100%
56
Paxton
1
0%
100%
23
Winthrop Harbor
1
0%
100%
34
Wilsonville
1
0%
100%
35
Willow Hill
1
0%
100%
38
Vandalia
1
0%
100%
40
Urbana
1
0%
100%
36
Streator
1
0%
100%
46
Sterling
1
0%
100%
54
Sparta
1
0%
100%
50
Sorento
1
0%
100%
27
Skokie
1
0%
100%
30
Rockton
1
0%
100%
57
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