This analysis of Illinois Department of Corrections population data explores the lasting impact of Truth in Sentencing laws enacted in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Publications
- Contents: The PFA in Rural Illinois, Improved Access to CCJ Publications, New Work
- This research brief, based primarily on analysis of a year's worth of pretrial data from 78 Illinois counties (6 urban and 72 rural), explores how rural counties’ experiences under the Pretrial Fairness Act differ, both from one another and from those of urban counties.
- This research brief, based primarily on analysis of a year's worth of pretrial data from 78 Illinois counties (6 urban and 72 rural), explores how rural counties’ experiences under the Pretrial Fairness Act differ, both from one another and from those of urban counties.
- Beginning September 18, 2023, the Pretrial Fairness Act fundamentally altered pretrial practices in Illinois. What can we say about the workings and effects of the new law at the one-year point?