The data shows that all of the released offenders in Ridgway were men. The median age of the parolees was 42. The youngest parolee was a 26-year-old man sentenced for a crime involving drugs in 2017, and the oldest was a 52-year-old man sentenced for a property crime in 2016.
The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Larry D. Thrasher. He was convicted of a property crime in 2016 when he was 50 years old. He is now 52.
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.