The data shows that all of the released offenders in Skokie were men. Of the parolees, one is a veteran, and the median age is 37. The youngest parolee was a 20-year-old man sentenced for a crime involving one or more weapons in 2018, and the oldest was a 69-year-old man sentenced for a crime involving one or more weapons in 2017.
The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Luis Gaston. He was convicted of a property crime in 2015 when he was 56 years old. He is now 60.
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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