The data shows that 102 men and 17 women were released in Bloomington. Of the parolees, two were veterans, and the median age was 35. The youngest parolee was a 20-year-old man sentenced for a crime involving one or more weapons in 2017, and the oldest was a 71-year-old man sentenced for a crime involving drugs in 2017.
The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Tyrone Foy. He was convicted of a crime involving alcohol in 2007 when he was 33 years old. He is now 45.
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.
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