The data shows that both of the released offenders in Centralia were men. Of these parolees, one is a veteran. The younger parolee was a 39-year-old man sentenced in 2017. The other was a 58-year-old man sentenced in 2003.
The offender who was incarcerated the longest was Charles A. Caswell. He was convicted of a sex crime in 2003 when he was 42 years old. He is now 58.
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 who were convicted of sex crimes.
Prisoners convicted of sex crimes paroled in 2018