The data shows that 179 men and eight women were released in the Chicago zip code. Of the parolees, one is a veteran, and the median age was 34. The youngest parolee was a 19-year-old man convicted of a property crime in 2018, and the oldest was a 66-year-old woman convicted of a financial crime or fraud in 2016.
The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Fred McCaster. He was convicted of homicide in 1982, when he was 30 years old. He is now 67.
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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