Advocates push for incarcerated individuals' rights at State House

Advocates push for incarcerated individuals' rights at State House

BOSTON (WWLP) - A group of advocates for incarcerated individuals held a lobby day on Tuesday, pushing for reforms that will improve quality of life behind bars. The event focused on teaching lawmakers about three specific pieces of legislation, dealing with increasing medical and elder parole, improving options for family and community visits, and making education and job training more robust for incarcerated people. Diocese of Springfield…

Measure would allow young offenders of crimes to be resentenced

(The Center Square) – Illinois is known for some drastic criminal justice reforms, but some are saying that one recent proposal may have gone too far.

EXCLUSIVE: Carjacking victim reacts to new law allowing early release for inmates: 'Slap in the face' AlphaNews.org

Share This StoryThe victim of a violent carjacking called the letter she received in the mail a slap in the face. The latest episode of Liz Collin Reports digs into the Minnesota program that could potentially free her attacker early and the work underway at the Capitol this session to stop it. Becky didn’t want us to use her last name in this story. She first met Liz Collin a few years ago after she was violently carjacked in a Target parking l…

Ill. Prisoner Review Board reform advances

SPRINGFIELD — State lawmakers have advanced a bill that would reform the Prisoner Review Board, aiming to protect victims and increase transparency about prisoner releases following years of controversy surrounding the board's decisions.

Prisoner Review Board reform bill advances in Illinois statehouse

State lawmakers have advanced a bill that would reform the Prisoner Review Board, aiming to protect victims and increase transparency about prisoner releases following years of controversy.

Prisoner Review Board reform bill clears Senate – Capitol News IL

The reforms come after Crosetti Brand murdered an 11-year-old Chicago boy in 2024. That February, the board voted to release Brand, finding there was not enough evidence he had violated his conditions of release. His ex-girlfriend was denied an emergency order of protection by a Cook County judge while Brand was imprisoned at Stateville in Crest Hill.