The data shows that 127 men and five women were released in Rockford zip code. Of the parolees, five were veterans, and the median age was 38. The youngest parolee was a 17-year-old man convicted of a crime involving one or more weapons in 2018, and the oldest was a 68-year-old man convicted of a crime involving drugs in 2018.
The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was James Burcum. He was convicted of a sex crime in 2008, when he was 42 years old. He is now 54.
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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