There were five offenders convicted of homicide released on parole near Illinois zip code 60624 during the second half of 2018, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the Chicago City Wire.

The data shows that five men were among the parolees. The median age of the parolees sentenced for homicide was 39. The youngest parolee was a 30-year-old man sentenced in 2010, and the oldest was a 49-year-old man sentenced in 1999.

The offender who was incarcerated the longest was Ernest Johnson. He was convicted of homicide in 1999 when he was 30 years old. He is now 49.

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 during the second half of 2018 who were convicted of homicide.

Prisoners convicted of homicide paroled during the second half of 2018