(The Center Square) – 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. Alyssa Williams-Schafer was appointed to the job at IDOC late last month. Thursday, her appointment to the $170,000 a year position was in front of the Senate Executive Appointments Committee. State Sen. Jason Plummer,... Read this story
