criminal justice reform

DuPage County officials say the program will allow the Sheriff’s Office and its partners to broaden educational and workforce training offerings for participants. The Sheriff’s Office is now seeking community partners, volunteers and sponsors willing to help expand those opportunities. #DuPageCountySheriff #IGNITE

According to Sheehan, Mokena police discovered the devices in Alsaidi’s backpack. Prosecutors sought to keep him in custody, but he was instead released while wearing an electronic monitoring device. #mokena #electricmonitoring #particksheehan

“Governor Pritzker has continued defending the SAFE-T Act while Illinois families have watched devastating headline after devastating headline this year,” Sheehan said. #safe-t #patricksheehan #jbpritzker

“We’re talking about hundreds of individuals with pending criminal cases who are supposed to be monitored, yet many are now unaccounted for. Families across Illinois deserve to know that public safety systems are working, and right now, confidence in this system is shaken.” #monitoring #cookcounty #patricksheehan

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also criticized provisions of Illinois’ SAFE-T Act, arguing that the state’s pretrial system allows repeat violent offenders to remain free despite prior offenses and violations. #shooting #policeofficers #safe-t

The bill expands affordable housing and reentry services for people leaving Illinois prisons, aiming to improve long-term outcomes by reducing homelessness and recidivism. #bill #housing #prison

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The measure would explicitly ban the use of those metrics as a substitute for quotas and prohibit municipalities from comparing officers based on citation counts. #bill #police

“The central goal of the consent decree was to bring down force against community members and especially community members of color and that is not happening.” #thecentersquare #chicagopolice #blackresidents