The data shows that 357 men and four women were released in Kankakee zip code. Of the parolees, one is a veteran, and the median age was 39. The youngest parolee was a 19-year-old man convicted of a property crime in 2018, and the oldest was a 74-year-old man convicted of a crime against one or more children in 2017.
The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Ernesto Fernandez. He was convicted of homicide in 1991, when he was 35 years old. He is now 64.
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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