Gov. J.B. Pritzker creates executive position at state parole board amid controversy over release of man accused of killing 11-year-old boy

Gov. J.B. Pritzker creates executive position at state parole board amid controversy over release of man accused of killing 11-year-old boy

SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday appointed a Massachusetts sheriff’s office official and former Illinois mayor to the new position of executive director of the embattled Illinois Prisoner Review Board, with a mandate to expand  domestic violence training for board members. The appointment of James G. Montgomery Jr. to the newly created post comes after Pritzker and the board came under intense criticism last month when a man the review…