Jail

Tracking the Illinois Jail Population after the PFA implementation.

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.

A data tool that tracks the daily Cook County Jail and Community Corrections population.

Limited data in the first month of implementation suggest that the PFA may be reducing jail usage, but the impact varies from county to county.

Illinois Practitioners on Pretrial Detention and its Uses

This report examines trends in the number of individuals admitted to jail pretrial or formally supervised under pretrial supervision in the community.