The data shows that man and woman were released in Elmwood zip code. Of these parolees, one is a veteran. The younger parolee was a 26-year-old woman convicted of a crime involving drugs in 2018, and the other was a 58-year-old man convicted of homicide in 2000.
The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Jerry Ellis. He was convicted of homicide in 2000, when he was 58 years old. He is now 78.
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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