The data shows that the 27 released offenders living in the Decatur zip code were men. The median age of the parolees was 39. The youngest parolee was a 21-year-old man convicted of a property crime in 2016, and the oldest was a 58-year-old man convicted of a property crime in 2017.
The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Joshua Farnam. He was convicted of a crime involving one or more weapons in 2003, when he was 21 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.
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