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Is police accountability in Illinois over before it began? Our review of HB 3443 found it weakens the SAFE-T Act significantly.

Introduction Early in June, the Illinois General Assembly passed HB 3443, a trailer bill to the SAFE-T Act (IL PA 101-0652) that was signed by Governor Pritzker in February. The SAFE-T Act included the Pretrial Fairness Act, ending cash bail and making other criminal justice and police reforms. T...

Progress Report: First 100 Days of the New Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County

On December 1, 2020, Iris Martinez took office of Clerk of the Cook County Circuit Court. The Clerk plays an essential function as the “official record keeper” for the court, responsible for collecting and disbursing all filing fees and fines, managing legal records for all court divisions, and atte...

Decarcerating Cook County: A look into the State’s Attorney’s Diversion Programs

Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts, The People’s Lobby, the Chicago Council of Lawyers, and Reclaim Chicago have released the eighth report in our series on prosecutorial accountability in Cook County. The report, “Decarcerating Cook County: Use of Diversion Programs for Low-Level, “Non-Violen...

Waiting for Justice: An examination of the Cook County Criminal Court backlog in the age of COVID-19

The content in this article was originally submitted as testimony to the Cook County Board of Commissioners’ Criminal Justice Committee meeting on January 27, 2020, about peoples' lengths of stay in Cook County Jail and on electronic monitoring, and the effect COVID-19 has had on the growing jail po...

We analyzed 536,000 CPD arrest records spanning a period from 2014 to 2020. Here’s what we found.

INCOMMUNICADO DETENTION Arrested and deprived of communication without being charged with a crime — incommunicado detention in Chicago. In film and on TV, stories about police and criminals have long made for captivating story lines and entertaining ways to stream episodes until 4 am. In a ty...

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