The data shows that 28 men and two women were released in Chicago Heights zip code. The median age of the parolees was 36. The youngest parolee was a 20-year-old man convicted of a crime involving one or more weapons in 2019, and the oldest was a 57-year-old man convicted of a property crime in 2019.
The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Robert Truell. He was convicted of a crime involving drugs in 2015, when he was 20 years old. He is now 26.
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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