The data shows that 70 men and five women were released in Rockford zip code. Of the parolees, one is a veteran, and the median age was 36. The youngest parolee was a 19-year-old man convicted of a crime involving one or more weapons in 2018, and the oldest was a 72-year-old man convicted of a crime involving alcohol in 2018.
The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Fernando Cruz. He was convicted of a sex crime in 1995, when he was 27 years old. He is now 52.
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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