The data shows that both of the released offenders in Roxana were men. The younger parolee was a 26-year-old man sentenced for a crime involving one or more weapons in 2017. The other was a 33-year-old man sentenced for a crime against a person in 2018.
The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Jerry L. Parker. He was convicted of a crime involving one or more weapons in 2017 when he was 24 years old. He is now 26.
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.