{"id":2212078,"date":"2024-04-03T09:43:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T13:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illinois-republicans-call-for-reforms-of-prisoner-review-board\/"},"modified":"2024-04-03T09:43:35","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T13:43:35","slug":"illinois-republicans-call-for-reforms-of-prisoner-review-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illinois-republicans-call-for-reforms-of-prisoner-review-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois GOP pushes for Prisoner Review Board changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fillinois-republicans-call-for-reforms-of-prisoner-review-board%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2212078&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Illinois Republicans are advocating for changes to\u200d the state&#8217;s Prisoner Review Board following a tragic incident involving an early parolee. \u200bThe case involves Crosetti Brand, accused of a violent attack\u2064 on his\u200d ex-girlfriend and her son just after his release. The Board members&#8217; resignations and gaps in information\u2064 about\u200d the perpetrator&#8217;s history have sparked calls for\u2064 reforms. The Illinois GOP is pushing for reforms to the Prisoner Review Board\u200b after a distressing case with an early parolee. \u200bCrosetti Brand \u2062allegedly\u2064 committed a \u200cviolent assault on his ex-girlfriend and her son shortly\u2063 after\u2063 being \u200breleased. The resignations of Board members and lapses in the perpetrator&#8217;s background information have prompted demands for change.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>(The Center Square) \u2013\u00a0In the wake of an early parolee who was arrested for allegedly stabbing his ex-girlfriend and killing an 11-year-old boy the day after his release, Republicans are calling for changes to the Illinois Prisoner Review Board.  <\/p>\n<p>In an incident that is getting national attention, Crosetti Brand is accused of attacking his ex-girlfriend and her son with a knife, killing her 11-year-old son just a day after being set free. The attack occurred just hours before an order of protection hearing against Brand was to be held.<\/p>\n<p>Both the Illinois Department of Corrections and the Illinois Prisoner Review Board subsequently claimed they did not know about the protection order hearing.<\/p>\n<p>PRB Chairman Donald Shelter and board member LeAnn Miller stepped down in the wake of the deadly attack.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that the changes that are necessary here are evident in the fact that the panel didn\u2019t take into consideration enough the domestic violence history of this particular prisoner, and the fact that there were reports by the victim of that person \u2026 knocking at her door, being around her apartment building, etcetera,\u201d Gov. J.B. Pritzker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/illinois\/article_e6f48dba-f05a-11ee-95fc-3fcd965c301b.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>said<\/strong><\/a> in Chicago at an unrelated event Monday. <\/p>\n<p>Pritzker said he is working to ensure all PRB members have more domestic violence training. <\/p>\n<p>During a news conference Tuesday, state Sen. Jason Plummer, R-Edwardsville, said under previous administrations, the board voted far less often to parole dangerous criminals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernor Pritzker\u2019s PRB is more than twice as likely to release someone from prison,\u201d said Plummer. \u201cWe\u2019re talking about people like the notorious Starved Rock killer, people like Paula Sims, multiple cop killers, child molesters and rapists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader John Curran, R-Downers Grove, said he is introducing a measure that would help prevent a similar tragedy.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy legislation would put victims first by requiring the PRB to make every effort possible to immediately inform a victim when an inmate is being released,\u201d said Curran. <\/p>\n<p>Curran is also proposing that parole board members must have 20 years experience working in the criminal justice system, and undergo extensive training on the warning signs and outcomes of domestic violence. <\/p>\n<p>Other proposals include one from state Sen. Steve McClure, R-Springfield, to increase penalties for violating an order of protection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe legislation I\u2019m preparing to file would increase the penalty for violating an order of protection and ensure that this crime is treated with the seriousness it deserves,\u201d McClure said. <\/p>\n<p>As for finding replacements to the PRB, Pritzker said Republicans have politicized the process, so it makes it more difficult, something Curran said is ridiculous.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere we have the prisoner review board and DOC both complicit in the death of a child and the governor talks about the process being political,\u201d said Curran. \u201cPlease, that is nonsense. The governor needs to lead. We have had enough of his failures to run the agencies under his control.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>State Sen. Laura Murphy, D-Des Plaines, who is chair of the Senate Executive Appointments Committee which handles PRB appointments, did not reply to questions about the board.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following a troubling case where an early parolee allegedly committed a heinous crime shortly after release, Illinois Republicans urge reform of the Prisoner Review Board. 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