The data shows that three men and one woman were among the parolees. The median age of the parolees sentenced for homicide was 47. The youngest parolee was a 43-year-old man sentenced in 1996, and the oldest was a 54-year-old woman sentenced in 1995.
The offender who was incarcerated the longest was Kilroy Watkins. He was convicted of homicide in 1993 when he was 23 years old. He is now 48.
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 zips in Illinois with the most paroled offenders in Q1 2019 who were convicted of homicide.
Prisoners convicted of homicide paroled in Q1 2019