North Cook News

There were two offenders convicted of crimes involving weapons released on parole in Mount Prospect during the first quarter, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the North Cook News.

The data shows that a man and woman were released in Mount Prospect. The younger parolee was a 28-year-old woman sentenced in 2016. The other was a 46-year-old man sentenced in 2013.

The offender who was incarcerated the longest was Henry Banks. He was convicted of a crime involving one or more weapons in 2013 when he was 40 years old. He is now 46.

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 Q1 2019 who were convicted of crimes involving weapons.

Prisoners convicted of crimes involving weapons paroled in Q1 2019