The data shows that all of the released offenders in New Athens were men. The median age of the parolees was 32. The youngest parolee was a 28-year-old man sentenced for a crime against a person in 2016, and the oldest was a 39-year-old man sentenced for a sex crime in 2010.
The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Stephen G. Recker. He was convicted of a sex crime in 2010 when he was 30 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 cities in Illinois with the most paroled offenders in 2018.