The data shows that five men were among the parolees. Of the parolees sentenced for sex crimes, two were veterans, and the median age was 49. The youngest parolee was a 27-year-old man sentenced in 2010, and the oldest was a 59-year-old man sentenced in 1991.
The offender who was incarcerated the longest was Dean Spetnagel. He was convicted of a sex crime in 1991 when he was 32 years old. He is now 59.
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 zips in Illinois with the most paroled offenders during the first half of 2018 who were convicted of sex crimes.
Prisoners convicted of sex crimes paroled during the first half of 2018
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