The data shows that both of the released offenders in Carbondale were men. The younger parolee was a 27-year-old man sentenced in 2016. The other was a 37-year-old man sentenced in 2016.
The offender who was incarcerated the longest was Jermaine A. White. He was convicted of a crime involving drugs in 2016 when he was 34 years old. He is now 37.
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 cities in Illinois with the most paroled offenders in Q1 2018 who were convicted of drug crimes.
Prisoners convicted of drug crimes paroled in Q1 2018