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Monday, September 15, 2025

Q4 2019 Parolees Recap: Who was paroled in zip code 62801?

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There were 11 offenders released on parole during the fourth quarter that live near Illinois zip code 62801, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by South Central Reporter.

The data shows that 10 men and one woman were released in Centralia zip code. The median age of the parolees was 36. The youngest parolee was a 23-year-old man convicted of a crime involving one or more weapons in 2018, and the oldest was a 51-year-old man convicted of a property crime in 2019.

The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Christopher Runkel. He was convicted of a crime against one or more children in 2011, when he was 22 years old. He is now 30.

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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