The Illinois Prisoner Review Board lost two more members Monday when one resigned and another was rejected by the state Senate.
SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Prisoner Review Board lost two more members Monday when one resigned and another was rejected by the state Senate, as advocacy groups expressed concern that the agency could eventually have too few members to function.
But even Senate Democrats have privately expressed reservations about Pritzker’s appointees to the board, according to a source familiar with the nomination process who asked not to be named because of the sensitivity of the matter. But Sen. Mattie Hunter, a Chicago Democrat who voted in favor of Wilson Monday night, said she’s known Wilson for decades and spoke highly of her credentials in working with youths and ex-offenders. Hunter also indicated Wilson’s decisions on the board were thoughtful and that she didn’t “rubber stamp” parole cases.
She said people she voted to release had already been in prison for decades and were no longer a threat to anyone either due to their old age or poor health. On March 23, Pritzker nominee Jeffrey Mears failed to garner the necessary 30 votes for the approval to go into effect.
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