South Central Reporter

There were two offenders convicted of crimes involving weapons released on parole near Illinois zip code 62801 during the first quarter, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the South Central Reporter.

The data shows that both of the released offenders in 62801 were men. The younger parolee was a 23-year-old man sentenced in 2014. The other was a 36-year-old man sentenced in 2017.

The offender who was incarcerated the longest was Drake M. Smith. He was convicted of a crime involving one or more weapons in 2014 when he was 19 years old. He is now 23.

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 in Q1 2019 who were convicted of crimes involving weapons.

Prisoners convicted of crimes involving weapons paroled in Q1 2019