SPRINGFIELD -- Thomas Charles Fuller was again denied parole on Thursday from his prison sentence for killing five children from a Mattoon-area family 51 years ago. The Illinois Prisoner Review ...

HB 527/SB 455 moved through the legislature quietly this year. The legislation would have given the state parole board more discretion to deny parole to state prisoners. The House passed the bill ...

The position also required a review of inmates eligible for parole who were serving indeterminate sentences. This review process required extensive research of various factors in every case. I was one ...

In my research and review of the Republican candidates for mayor of the city of Quincy, I was surprised to learn that Dan Brink — after serving as a Republican alderman for the city for two terms — ...

How Political Games Hamstrung Illinois’ Parole Board—Trapping Thousands in Prison. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker tried to use the state’s parole board to safely free more people from prison. But after ...

In February 2019, journalists Ben Austen and Bill Healy drove three hours down to Springfield to attend their first parole board hearing. Seated in a bland conference room in an nondescript red-brick ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A suburban serial killer recently had his parole denied by the Illinois Prisoner Review Board. Mark Smith, 75, of McHenry County, was denied parole last Thursday. Smith was ...

The prisoner review board has denied parole to a serial killer who was convicted of kidnapping, raping and brutally murdering three young women in McHenry and Cook counties. The Illinois Prisoner ...

SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Senate and Gov. J.B. Pritzker remain divided over changes to the state’s embattled parole board, even as the Democratic-controlled legislature and the Democratic ...

SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Senate and Gov. J.B. Pritzker remain divided over changes to the state’s embattled parole board, even as the Democratic-controlled legislature and the Democratic ...