The data shows that the seven released offenders living in Decatur zip code were men. The median age of the parolees was 36. The youngest parolee was an 18-year-old man convicted of a crime involving one or more weapons in 2018, and the oldest was an 57-year-old man convicted of a crime against a person in 2018.
The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Joshua Farnam. He was convicted of a crime involving alcohol in 1982, when he was 0 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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