The data shows that four men were among the parolees. The median age of the parolees sentenced for homicide was 47. The youngest parolee was a 29-year-old man sentenced in 2015, and the oldest was a 61-year-old man sentenced in 1989.
The offender who was incarcerated the longest was Carl Williams. He was convicted of homicide in 1989 when he was 32 years old. He is now 61.
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 first half of 2018 who were convicted of homicide.
Prisoners convicted of homicide paroled during the first half of 2018
Alerts Sign-up