The data shows that 12 men and one woman were among the parolees. The median age of the parolees sentenced for crimes involving weapons was 29. The youngest parolee was a 20-year-old man sentenced in 2017, and the oldest was a 37-year-old man sentenced in 2008.
The offender who was incarcerated the longest was Geomarrio Henderson. He was convicted of a crime involving one or more weapons in 2008 when he was 26 years old. He is now 37.
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 cities in Illinois with the most paroled offenders in Q1 2019 who were convicted of crimes involving weapons.
Prisoners convicted of crimes involving weapons paroled in Q1 2019