The data shows that four men and one woman were among the parolees. Of the parolees sentenced for drug crimes, one is a veteran, and the median age is 37. The youngest parolee was a 27-year-old woman sentenced in 2017, and the oldest was a 56-year-old man sentenced in 2017.
The offender who was incarcerated the longest was Charles J. Beck III. He was convicted of a crime involving drugs in 2018 when he was 35 years old. He is now 36.
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 second half of 2018 who were convicted of drug crimes.
Prisoners convicted of drug crimes paroled during the second half of 2018
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