The data shows that 41 men and five women were released in East Saint Louis. The median age of the parolees was 35. The youngest parolee is a 20-year-old woman sentenced for crimes against a person in 2018, and the oldest is a 59-year-old man sentenced for crimes involving drugs in 2018.
The offender who had been incarcerated the longest is Darryl Sharp. He was convicted of crimes involving one or more weapons in 2010 when he was 22 years old. He is now 31.
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 the first quarter.