The data shows that 256 men and 20 women were released in the Chicago zip code. Of the parolees, four were veterans, and the median age was 37. 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 32-year-old man convicted of homicide in 1979.
The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Richard Baske. He was convicted of homicide in 1976, when he was 26 years old. He is now 69.
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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