The data shows that 70 men and four women were released in Springfield. Of the parolees, five are veterans, and the median age is 38. The youngest parolee is a 21-year-old man sentenced for crimes involving one or more weapons in 2018, and the oldest is a 61-year-old man sentenced for crimes involving alcohol in 2017.
The offender who had been incarcerated the longest is Robert B. Collingwood. He was convicted of homicide in 1997 when he was 23 years old. He is now 45.
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 the first quarter.
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