The data shows that the three released offenders living in Columbia zip code were men. The median age of the parolees was 29. The youngest parolee was a 21-year-old man convicted of a crime involving drugs in 2018, and the oldest was a 31-year-old man convicted of a financial crime or fraud in 2018.
The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Matthew Lane. He was convicted of homicide in 2013, when he was 24 years old. He is now 31.
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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