The data shows that 67 men and eight women were released in Freeport zip code. The median age of the parolees was 37. The youngest parolee was a 19-year-old man convicted of a property crime in 2018, and the oldest was a 67-year-old woman convicted of a financial crime or fraud in 2017.
The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Eddie Brooks. He was convicted of a sex crime in 1981, when he was 21 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.
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