{"id":2219194,"date":"2024-04-12T08:38:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T12:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illinois-corrections-official-defends-handling-of-info-to-parole-board\/"},"modified":"2024-04-12T08:41:02","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T12:41:02","slug":"illinois-corrections-official-defends-handling-of-info-to-parole-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illinois-corrections-official-defends-handling-of-info-to-parole-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois prison official stands by disclosure process to parole board"},"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\">20<\/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-corrections-official-defends-handling-of-info-to-parole-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=2219194&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>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reps-jordan-massie-ask-atf-director-to-testify-before-house-judiciary-committee\/\" title=\"Reps. Jordan, Massie Ask ATF Director to Testify Before House Judiciary Committee\">acting assistant director<\/a> \u200bof\u2063 the\u2063 Illinois Department\u2063 of Corrections is under scrutiny for the handling of information regarding a paroled inmate \u2063accused of serious crimes post-release. Questions were raised \u200cduring\u2064 a Senate hearing \u2062about the failure to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fed-found-economy-is-recovering-much-faster-than-officials-expected\/\" title=\"Fed Found Economy Is Recovering Much Faster Than Officials Expected\">report<\/a> the whereabouts of the\u200b inmate, Crosetti Brand, who \u200dallegedly committed murder and other\u200c offenses. Williams-Schafer defended\u2064 the department&#8217;s procedures for\u2064 notifying the Parole Board.  <\/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 The acting assistant director for the Illinois Department of Corrections is being pressed about a paroled inmate who faces new allegations of murdering a child and stabbing a pregnant woman that day after his release. <\/p>\n<p>Alyssa Williams-Schafer was appointed to the job at IDOC late last month. Thursday, her appointment to the $170,000 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/profs-scoff-at-nikole-hannah-jones-tenure-suit\/\" title=\"Profs Scoff at Nikole Hannah-Jones Tenure Suit\">year position<\/a> was in front of the Senate Executive Appointments Committee. <\/p>\n<p>State Sen. Jason Plummer, R-Edwardsville, asked where the agency failed in reporting the whereabouts of Crosetti Brand, who last month was released and a day later allegedly killed an 11-year-old and stabbed a pregnant woman.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to CBS2, the Cook County Circuit Court Clerk\u2019s Office notified the Department of Corrections that a judicial hearing was about to be held about an emergency protection order against an inmate, Crosetti Brand, who had been sent back to prison for violating the terms of his parole,\u201d Plummer said. \u201cDOC has admitted that the agency didn\u2019t notify the Prisoner Review Board Brand was released and committed a murder among other things. What procedures does the department use to notify the Prisoner Review Board regarding information that might violate an offender\u2019s parole.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Williams-Schafer defended IDOC\u2019s handling of the case. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo currently, the Department of Corrections provides a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-abused-gen-z-with-covid-insanity-for-years-yet-gop-leaders-refused-to-campaign-on-it\/\" title=\"Dems Abused Gen Z With COVID Insanity for Years Yet GOP Leaders Refused to Campaign on It\">violation report<\/a> as well as a notification of charges to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/calif-da-blasts-gov-newsom-for-not-stopping-release-of-convicted-killer\/\" title=\"Calif. DA blasts Gov. Newsom for not stopping release of convicted killer\">parole board<\/a>. So that violation report notification of charges is created by the agent, reviewed by the commander and then submitted,\u201d she said. \u201cSo it has to be served within a certain period of time to the individual in custody. After it is served copies of those, particular reports are then submitted to the Illinois Prisoner Review Board as well as our automated management system, which is our Parole Communication and Command Center.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Plummer pressed for more about what happened in this case. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, what happened was that our violation report as well as notification of charges was submitted timely to the Illinois Prisoner Review Board,\u201d Williams-Schafer said. <\/p>\n<p>Two members of the Illinois Prisoner Review Board resigned from their positions last month after the stabbing death. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Plummer said the Pritzker administration\u2019s plan to close corrections facilities will hurt local economies. <\/p>\n<p>Gov. J.B. Pritzker made the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/illinois\/article_eb714ed6-e561-11ee-8c09-2b2e6998c30b.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announcement<\/a><\/strong> last month that he aims to use capital funds to demolish and rebuild two facilities at Stateville and Logan at a projected taxpayer cost of up to $935 million. The governor\u2019s office said the investments over three to five years will save taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars in deferred maintenance costs after years of neglect.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re an 18-year-old kid and you graduate high school \u2026 if you don\u2019t join the military and if you\u2019re not fortunate enough to go to college and you can\u2019t get on at the prison you\u2019re in a tough spot,\u201d Plummer said. <\/p>\n<p>Williams-Schafer said she understands the impact the closures will have. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI understand the decimation, but we also have to understand that it is very, very difficult at this point in time to lure in even though those 18-year-olds, many say they want a Department of Corrections job, many of them don\u2019t,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p>Plummer questioned why the shutdowns are being planned without any public hearings.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Illinois Department of Corrections&#8217; acting assistant director faces questioning regarding a paroled inmate accused of heinous crimes post-release. Alyssa Williams-Schafer, newly appointed to the IDOC role, is under scrutiny following the disturbing events involving the parolee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2219195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/iStock-109719062-1024x668.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2219194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/iStock-109719062-1024x668.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2219194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2219194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2219194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2219195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2219194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2219194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2219194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}