Galesburg Reporter

There were two offenders convicted of crimes involving weapons released on parole near Illinois zip code 61401 during the second quarter, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the Galesburg Reporter.

The data shows that both of the released offenders in 61401 were men. The younger parolee was a 27-year-old man sentenced in 2016. The other was a 29-year-old man sentenced in 2012.

The offender who was incarcerated the longest was Rodney Harris. He was convicted of a crime involving one or more weapons in 2012 when he was 22 years old. He is now 29.

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 Q2 2018 who were convicted of crimes involving weapons.

Prisoners convicted of crimes involving weapons paroled in Q2 2018