The data shows that both of the released offenders in Des Plaines zip code were men. The younger parolee was a 30-year-old man convicted of a crime involving drugs in 2014, and the other was a 47-year-old man convicted of a crime involving alcohol in 2017.
The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Matthew Westerlin. He was convicted of a crime involving drugs in 2014, when he was 30 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.
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