The data shows that 10 men and two women were released in Watseka. The median age of the parolees was 33. The youngest parolee was a 21-year-old man sentenced for a property crime in 2018, and the oldest was a 49-year-old man sentenced for a crime involving drugs in 2013.
The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Keenan A. Baker. He was convicted of a crime against a person in 2015 when he was 19 years old. He is now 22.
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.