The data shows that 58 men and 10 women were released in Alton. Of the parolees, two were veterans, and the median age was 38. The youngest parolee was a 21-year-old man sentenced for a crime involving one or more weapons in 2017, and the oldest was a 72-year-old man sentenced for a crime against one or more children in 2014.
The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Orville Foutch. He was convicted of a property crime in 2004 when he was 32 years old. He is now 47.
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 cities in Illinois with the most paroled offenders in 2018.
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