The data shows that 58 men were among the parolees. The median age of the parolees sentenced for crimes involving weapons was 28. The youngest parolee was a 20-year-old man sentenced in 2016, and the oldest was a 52-year-old man sentenced in 2015.
The offender who was incarcerated the longest was Derek Grangent. He was convicted of a crime involving one or more weapons in 2009 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 2018 who were convicted of crimes involving weapons.
Prisoners convicted of crimes involving weapons paroled in 2018
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