Peoria Standard

There were 117 offenders released on parole during the first quarter of 2020 that live in Peoria County, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by Peoria Standard.

The data shows that 103 men and 14 women were released in Peoria County. The median age of the parolees was 37. The youngest parolee was a 19-year-old man sentenced for a crime involving one or more weapons in 2019, and the oldest was a 73-year-old woman sentenced for a crime against a person in 2006.

The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Tauheedah Rasool. She was convicted of a crime against a person in 2006 when she was 59 years old. She is now 73.

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 first quarter of 2020 in each Peoria County municipality with at least one parolee in the quarter.

Municipality	Total Q1 Parolees	% convicted for sex crimes	% convicted for homicide	% convicted for drug-related crimes
Peoria	111	2.7%	0%	26.1%
Chillicothe	2	0%	0%	0%
Peoria Heights	2	0%	0%	50%
Glasford	1	0%	0%	100%
Mossville	1	0%	0%	0%