The data shows that both of the released offenders in 62984 were men. The younger parolee was a 35-year-old man sentenced in 2018. The other was a 36-year-old man sentenced in 2017.
The offender who was incarcerated the longest was Derek S. Goolsby. He was convicted of a crime involving drugs in 2017 when he was 35 years old. He is now 36.
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 zips in Illinois with the most paroled offenders during the second half of 2018 who were convicted of drug crimes.
Prisoners convicted of drug crimes paroled during the second half of 2018