SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The outgoing head of the Illinois Department of Corrections has landed a new job on the Illinois Prisoner Review Board.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The outgoing head of the Illinois Department of Corrections has landed a new job on the Illinois Prisoner Review Board. Gov. Pat Quinn is replacing Roger Walker Jr. with Michael Randle, a top official in Ohio’s prison system, as head of the corrections department. Walker’s appointment to the Prisoner Review Board is temporary, pending confirmation of his appointment by the Illinois Senate. Walker was named in 2002 to the top spot at the corrections department by ousted former Gov. Rod Blagojevich. According to the state comptroller’s office, Walker was paid $150,228 as corrections director. He will be paid $85,886 as a member of the Prisoner Review Board. ______ In photo: Michael Randle, left, is the the new director of the Illinois Department of Corrections, Gov. Pat Quinn, right, announced Thursday. Randle was formerly the assistant director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. Quinn says that one of Randle’s first jobs will be to examine prisoner treatment at the Tamms Correctional Center in Tamms, Ill. (AP Photo/The State Journal-Register, Ted Schurter)
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