The data shows that five men and two women were among the parolees. The median age of the parolees sentenced for homicide was 40. The youngest parolee was a 31-year-old woman sentenced in 2016, and the oldest was a 62-year-old man sentenced in 2005.
The offender who was incarcerated the longest was Reginald Willis. He was convicted of homicide in 2001 when he was 24 years old. He is now 42.
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 in 2018 who were convicted of homicide.
Prisoners convicted of homicide paroled in 2018