Contents: Jail Trends After the PFA; Measuring the Quality of Life in Prison; Deferred Prosecution

Front and Center #4: What's Going On in Illinois Jails?

Tracking the Illinois Jail Population after the PFA implementation.

Illinois Jail Population Tracker

We compared jail booking and average daily jail population data for the periods immediately before and after the effective date of the Illinois Pretrial Fairness Act, and found that both bookings and average populations had declined beyond what would have been expected due to normal seasonal fluctuations.