The data shows that 11 men and one woman were among the parolees. The median age of the parolees sentenced for homicide was 45. The youngest parolee was a 26-year-old man sentenced in 2014, and the oldest was a 70-year-old man sentenced in 1999.
The offender who was incarcerated the longest was Raymond Panske. He was convicted of homicide in 1994 when he was 32 years old. He is now 57.
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 who were convicted of homicide.
Prisoners convicted of homicide paroled in 2018