The data shows that 18 men and five women were released in Lincoln. The median age of the parolees was 32. The youngest parolee was a 22-year-old man sentenced for a crime against a person in 2015, and the oldest was a 54-year-old man sentenced for a sex crime in 1985.
The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Dreyvan Walton. He was convicted of a crime against a person in 2015 when he was 18 years old. He is now 22.
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 2018.