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Parolees Recap: Who was paroled in Illinois ZIP Code 60639 during Q2 2024?
Sophia Manuel, Policy Advisor for Reform Initiatives at IDOC | Illinois Department of Corrections oficial website

In the second quarter of 2024, 20 offenders were released on parole and now reside in Illinois ZIP Code 60639, according to the Illinois Department of Corrections.

According to the USPS, Chicago is the primary area with addresses in ZIP Code 60639.

The data shows that 19 men and one woman were released in ZIP Code 60639. The youngest parolee was a 19-year-old male convicted of a crime involving one or more weapons in 2024, and the oldest was a 59-year-old male convicted of a property crime in 2022.

The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Alfred Porter. He was convicted of homicide in 1994, when he was 21 years old. He is now 51.

Commonly referred to as parole in Illinois, Mandatory Supervised Release (MSR) is a post-prison supervision period, in which individuals must follow specific rules like check-ins with parole officers; violations can lead to re-incarceration. Unlike parole, MSR is automatically required for all individuals released after serving a prison sentence.

In 2023, Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill to reform Illinois’ Mandatory Supervised Release program. The law aims to reduce recidivism and reportedly create a more effective and equitable supervision system by incentivizing education, streamlining the review process, and expanding virtual check-ins.

“Our current supervision system too often operates unfairly, with rules that make it simply a revolving door back to jail,” Pritzker said at a bill signing ceremony in Chicago. “In fact, more than 25% of people who are released from prison in Illinois end up back behind bars, not because they’re recidivists, but instead for a noncriminal technical violation.”

A 2018 report from the Illinois Sentencing Policy Advisory Council indicated that 43% of released prisoners in Illinois return to prison within three years.

Illinois ZIP Codes with Highest Parolee Counts in Q2 2024
ZIP CodeCountiesTotal Q2 2024 Parolees% convicted for sex crimes% convicted for homicide% convicted for drug-related crimes
60628Cook10715.9%5.6%6.5%
60620Cook724.2%2.8%8.3%
60619Cook674.5%1.5%10.5%
60608Cook621.6%6.5%3.2%
60624Cook6214.5%1.6%17.7%
62526Macon550%0%18.2%
60617Cook5129.4%2%17.7%
60644Cook502%4%14%
60629Cook490%10.2%4.1%
60643Cook4639.1%0%6.5%
60623Cook422.4%0%4.8%
60636Cook395.1%0%5.1%
60621Cook3721.6%8.1%8.1%
60426Cook350%2.9%5.7%
62521Macon3318.2%0%24.2%
60411Cook320%3.1%6.3%
60637Cook320%0%9.4%
61604Peoria320%3.1%21.9%
61102Winnebago300%3.3%20%
60651Cook290%0%13.8%
62301Adams287.1%0%25%
60649Cook273.7%0%7.4%
61554Tazewell277.4%3.7%22.2%
61701McLean260%0%23.1%
60612Cook244.2%4.2%8.3%
61603Peoria240%8.3%37.5%
62702Sangamon2429.2%8.3%16.7%
60409Cook230%17.4%0%
60505Kane230%8.7%4.4%
62040Madison238.7%0%43.5%
62205St. Clair230%0%0%
60639Cook205%5%15%
60901Kankakee205%0%15%
61103Winnebago200%0%15%
61104Winnebago2025%0%5%
60064Lake1952.6%0%10.5%
60085Lake1910.5%0%10.5%
60607Cook190%5.3%26.3%
60609Cook190%5.3%21.1%
62206St. Clair190%5.3%21.1%
61832Vermilion180%0%27.8%
62864Jefferson180%0%33.3%
60827Cook175.9%0%5.9%
61802Champaign150%6.7%0%
62703Sangamon1526.7%0%33.3%
60099Lake140%7.1%21.4%
60419Cook140%0%7.1%
60436Will130%0%15.4%
60438Cook130%0%7.7%
60653Cook130%7.7%15.4%