Jeremey Johnson has chronicled nearly two years of pretrial house arrest.
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Cook County’s tradition of using bail as punishment may be hard to change
Cook County judges have been ordered to consider defendants’ ability to pay when setting bail.
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No-show cops and dysfunctional courts keep Cook County Jail inmates waiting years for a trial
Chicago police missed more than 11,000 court dates since 2010, causing months or years of unnecessary delays for inmates awaiting trial.
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DOJ’s new stance on bail bonds won’t help poor inmates in Cook County Jail
Illinois law already prohibits fixed bail, and the poor are disproportionately jailed anyway.
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The latest Cook County Jail fight
Officials continue to battle over who’s getting locked up in Cook County.