The data shows that 26 men were among the parolees. Of the parolees sentenced for crimes involving weapons, one is a veteran, and the median age is 29. The youngest parolee was a 19-year-old man sentenced in 2018, and the oldest was a 42-year-old man sentenced in 2014.
The offender who was incarcerated the longest was Melvin Adams. He was convicted of a crime involving one or more weapons in 2013 when he was 32 years old. He is now 38.
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 Q1 2019 who were convicted of crimes involving weapons.
Prisoners convicted of crimes involving weapons paroled in Q1 2019
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