The data shows that both of the released offenders in Carbondale were men. The younger parolee was a 25-year-old man sentenced in 2015. The other was a 48-year-old man sentenced in 2018.
The offender who was incarcerated the longest was Simeon C. Patterson. He was convicted of a crime involving drugs in 2015 when he was 21 years old. He is now 25.
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 Q2 2018 who were convicted of drug crimes.
Prisoners convicted of drug crimes paroled in Q2 2018