9 months after ending cash bail in Illinois, judges issued failure-to-appear warrants in 5% of court dates and approved 63% of pretrial detention petitions.
9 months after ending cash bail in Illinois, the state begins publishing data on its new pretrial detention system, showing judges in 75 counties issued failure-to-appear warrants in just 5% of over 28,000 court dates. Judges approved 63% of petitions to detain defendants pretrial sent by prosecutors. This data marks the first step in tracking Illinois' progress as the first state to fully end cash bail through the SAFE-T Act.
June 28, 2024
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