The data shows that eight men and one woman were released in Paxton. The median age of the parolees was 31. The youngest parolee was a 21-year-old man sentenced for a financial crime or fraud in 2017, and the oldest was a 63-year-old man sentenced for a crime involving drugs in 2016.
The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Nathan N. Steinmeyer. He was convicted of a property crime in 2015 when he was 23 years old. He is now 27.
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.