The data shows that 35 men and two women were released in Chicago Heights zip code. Of the parolees, one is a veteran, and the median age was 38. The youngest parolee was a 20-year-old man convicted of a crime involving one or more weapons in 2017, and the oldest was a 72-year-old man convicted of a crime involving one or more weapons in 2016.
The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Jamar Pryor. He was convicted of homicide in 1994, when he was 18 years old. He is now 44.
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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