The data shows that both of the released offenders in 61571 were men. The younger parolee was a 27-year-old man sentenced in 2016. The other was a 47-year-old man sentenced in 2015.
The offender who was incarcerated the longest was Jerry Wheeler. He was convicted of a crime involving drugs in 2015 when he was 44 years old. He is now 47.
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 Q4 2018 who were convicted of drug crimes.
Prisoners convicted of drug crimes paroled in Q4 2018