The data shows that one man and three women were among the parolees. The median age of the parolees sentenced for drug crimes was 35. The youngest parolee was a 28-year-old woman sentenced in 2016, and the oldest was a 39-year-old woman sentenced in 2018.
The offender who was incarcerated the longest was Marjorie K. Siska. She was convicted of a crime involving drugs in 2018 when she was 37 years old. She 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 who were convicted of drug crimes.
Prisoners convicted of drug crimes paroled in 2018
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