The data shows that both of the released offenders in Lockport were men. Of these parolees, one is a veteran. The younger parolee was a 22-year-old man sentenced in 2016. The other was a 61-year-old man sentenced in 2018.
The offender who was incarcerated the longest was Edward J. Deszcz. He was convicted of a crime involving drugs in 2016 when he was 19 years old. He is now 22.
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 Q1 2019 who were convicted of drug crimes.
Prisoners convicted of drug crimes paroled in Q1 2019