The data shows that 18 men were among the parolees. The median age of the parolees sentenced for drug crimes was 32. The youngest parolee was a 21-year-old man sentenced in 2016, and the oldest was a 49-year-old man sentenced in 2014.
The offender who was incarcerated the longest was Leland T. Deviner. He was convicted of a crime involving drugs in 2012 when he was 33 years old. He is now 38.
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 zips in Illinois with the most paroled offenders during the first half of 2018 who were convicted of drug crimes.
Prisoners convicted of drug crimes paroled during the first half of 2018
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