The data shows that 14 men and two women were released in the Herrin zip code. The median age of the parolees was 37. The youngest parolee was a 20-year-old man convicted of a property crime in 2016, and the oldest was a 53-year-old man convicted of a crime involving drugs in 2017.
The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Robert Blair. He was convicted of a property crime in 2013, when he was 45 years old. He is now 51.
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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