McLean County Reentry Council

Gov. JB Pritzker signed a law that will automatically seal a person's non-violent criminal record three years after completing a sentence. When a felony conviction is sealed it will not show up on a background check that, removing restrictions on getting certain loans, jobs and buying or renting a home.

Ronnie Carrasquillo spent 47 years in prison for a crime he committed as a teenager. He was released in 2023 and is the subject of a documentary being screened this week at the Bloomington Public Library.