The data shows that man and woman were released in Chester zip code. The younger parolee was a 30-year-old woman convicted of a crime involving drugs in 2019, and the other was a 49-year-old man convicted of a crime against a person in 2018.
The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Russell Nelson. He was convicted of a crime against a person in 2018, when he was 49 years old. He is now 50.
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.