The data shows that four men and one woman were released in Newton zip code. The median age of the parolees was 45. The youngest parolee was a 30-year-old man convicted of a financial crime or fraud in 2018, and the oldest was a 53-year-old man convicted of a crime involving drugs in 2016.
The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Michael Easton. He was convicted of a crime involving drugs in 2016, when he was 53 years old. He is now 56.
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.