The data shows that 102 men and 22 women were released in Madison County. Of the parolees, three were veterans, and the median age was 38. The youngest parolee was a 20-year-old woman sentenced for a property crime in 2019, and the oldest was a 63-year-old woman sentenced for a crime involving alcohol in 2018.
The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Kwayera Jackson. He was convicted of homicide in 2000 when he was 21 years old. He is now 41.
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 gives a breakdown of how many offenders were paroled in the second quarter of 2020 in each Madison County municipality with at least one parolee in the quarter.
Municipality | Total Q2 Parolees | % convicted for sex crimes | % convicted for homicide | % convicted for drug-related crimes |
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Granite City | 36 | 0% | 5.56% | 27.78% |
Alton | 21 | 0% | 0% | 19.05% |
Collinsville | 16 | 0% | 0% | 43.75% |
East Alton | 9 | 0% | 0% | 44.44% |
Edwardsville | 9 | 0% | 11.11% | 33.33% |
Godfrey | 7 | 14.29% | 0% | 28.57% |
Madison | 6 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
Wood River | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Cottage Hills | 4 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
South Roxana | 3 | 0% | 0% | 33.33% |
Troy | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Bethalto | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Glen Carbon | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
Highland | 1 | 0% | 100% | 0% |
Moro | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
New Douglas | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Roxana | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |