The data shows that 439 men and 40 women were among the parolees. Of the parolees sentenced for drug crimes, two were veterans, and the median age was 39. The youngest parolee was a 20-year-old man sentenced in 2018, and the oldest was a 68-year-old man sentenced in 2017.
The offender who was incarcerated the longest was Tyrone Oliver. He was convicted of a crime involving drugs in 2009 when he was 43 years old. He is now 53.
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