The data shows that 19 men and five women were released in Carmi. The median age of the parolees was 36. The youngest parolee was a 21-year-old woman sentenced for a crime involving drugs in 2017, and the oldest was a 58-year-old woman sentenced for a crime against a person in 2015.
The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Stanley R. Stephens Jr.. He was convicted of a crime involving drugs in 2007 when he was 43 years old. He is now 55.
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.