The data shows that 89 men and one woman were among the parolees. The median age of the parolees sentenced for crimes involving weapons was 29. The youngest parolee was a 20-year-old man sentenced in 2018, and the oldest was a 52-year-old man sentenced in 2013.
The offender who was incarcerated the longest was Ray Purdis. He was convicted of a crime involving one or more weapons in 2011 when he was 32 years old. He is now 39.
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 2018 who were convicted of crimes involving weapons.
Prisoners convicted of crimes involving weapons paroled in 2018
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