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The board has been a source of long-running bipartisan tension between the legislative chamber and the Pritzker administration.

An Illinois state senator said he was concerned about the Prisoner Review Board years before the release of a man who killed a boy while on parole.

Illinois state Senate Republicans raised concerns about appointees to the state Prisoner Review Board about the releasing of convicted felons.

(The Center Square) – A shakeup at the Illinois Prisoner Review Board has Republicans calling for reforms. Illinois Senate Minority Leader John Curran, R-Downers Grove, said the resignation of two people from the PRB Mo...

A shakeup at the Illinois Prisoner Review Board has Republicans calling for reforms. Illinois Senate Minority ...

(The Center Square) – A shakeup at the Illinois Prisoner Review Board has Republicans calling for reforms.

Ronnie Carrasquillo has been locked up for more than four decades for the 1976 murder of a Chicago police officer. Now 65, he’s come close to freedom on three occasions in recent years. Carrasquillo went before the Illinois Prisoner Review Board in 2019, 2020, and 2021. Each time, he was narrowly denied parole by a vote of 7 to 6. In two of those cases, the seven votes were in favor of parole ...

Ronnie Carrasquillo has been locked up for more than four decades for the 1976 murder of a Chicago police officer. Now 65, he’s come close to freedom on three occasions in recent years. Carrasquillo went before the Illinois Prisoner Review Board in 2019, 2020, and 2021. Each time, he was narrowly denied parole by a vote of 7 to 6. In two of those cases, the seven votes were in favor of parole ...

By BETH HUNDSDORFER Capitol News Illinois bhundsdorfer@capitolnewsillinois.com Former Illinois Prisoner Review Board member Jeffrey Mears,...

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