November 9, 2022
Research from the Loyola University of Chicago’s Center for Criminal Justice examines how arrests in recent years would have been categorized under the Pretrial Fairness Act that ends cash bail beginning Jan. 1, 2023. (CREDIT: LOYOLACCJ.ORG/PFA)
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CONTEXTUALIZING CASH BAIL’S END
SPRINGFIELD – While a new law overhauling Illinois’ system of pretrial detention continues to face scrutiny ahead of its Jan. 1 implementation date, new research suggests that the old cash-based system “results in much less pretrial detention than is generally assumed.”