The data shows that 117 men and nine women were released in Decatur zip code. Of the parolees, five were veterans, and the median age was 36. The youngest parolee was a 20-year-old woman convicted of a property crime in 2018, and the oldest was a 73-year-old man convicted of a property crime in 2019.
The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Gary Clark. He was convicted of homicide in 1985, when he was 15 years old. He is now 50.
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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