The data shows that the three released offenders living in Hillside zip code were men. The median age of the parolees was 36. The youngest parolee was a 19-year-old man convicted of a crime involving one or more weapons in 2013, and the oldest was a 51-year-old man convicted of a crime against a person in 2019.
The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Steven Phillips. He was convicted of a crime involving one or more weapons in 2013, when he was 19 years old. He is now 26.
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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