The data shows that the eight released offenders living in Melrose Park zip code were men. The median age of the parolees was 35. The youngest parolee was a 23-year-old man convicted of a financial crime or fraud in 2019, and the oldest was a 51-year-old man convicted of a crime involving drugs in 2015.
The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was James Ellis. He was convicted of a crime involving one or more weapons in 2015, when he was 35 years old. He is now 39.
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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