The data shows that 24 men and five women were released in Decatur zip code. Of the parolees, one is a veteran, and the median age was 36. The youngest parolee was a 19-year-old man convicted of a crime involving one or more weapons in 2016, and the oldest was a 55-year-old man convicted of a property crime in 2018.
The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Cortez Gray. He was convicted of a crime involving one or more weapons in 2009, when he was 28 years old. He is now 39.
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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