The data shows that both of the released offenders in Coal City were men. Of these parolees, one is a veteran. The younger parolee was a 20-year-old man sentenced in 2018. The other was a 52-year-old man sentenced in 2018.
The offender who was incarcerated the longest was Blake R. Stoffel. He was convicted of a crime involving alcohol in 2018 when he was 19 years old. He is now 20.
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 crimes involving alcohol.
Prisoners convicted of crimes involving alcohol paroled in 2018