The data shows that both of the released offenders in Newark zip code were men. The younger parolee was a 42-year-old man convicted of a crime involving drugs in 2015, and the other was a 65-year-old man convicted of a financial crime or fraud in 2019.
The offender who had been incarcerated the longest was Michael Waters. He was convicted of a crime involving drugs in 2015, when he was 42 years old. He is now 47.
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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