The data shows that the four released offenders living in Atlanta zip code were men. The median age of the parolees was 38. The youngest parolee was a 24-year-old man convicted of a crime involving one or more weapons in 2018, and the oldest was a 52-year-old man convicted of a financial crime or fraud in 2016.
The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Braxton Bowers. He was convicted of homicide in 2003, when he was 18 years old. He is now 35.
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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