The data shows that 31 men and three women were released in the Oak Lawn zip code. Of the parolees, one is a veteran, and the median age was 33. The youngest parolee was a 20-year-old man convicted of a crime involving one or more weapons in 2018, and the oldest was a 39-year-old man convicted of homicide in 1999.
The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was John Lavin. He was convicted of homicide in 1999, when he was 39 years old. He is now 59.
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.
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