The data shows that 43 men and eight women were released in the East Saint Louis zip code. The median age of the parolees was 36. The youngest parolee was an 18-year-old man convicted of a property crime in 2015, and the oldest was an 60-year-old man convicted of a property crime in 2016.
The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Wendell Basquine. He was convicted of homicide in 1999, when he was 18 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.
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