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🧵 For the first time in years, the number of people incarcerated in Cook County is steadily growing: today, over 8,700 people are on electronic monitoring (EM) or in jail.
Our new report outlines 10 facts about the Cook County Sheriff's pretrial surveillance program:
Our new report outlines 10 facts about the Cook County Sheriff's pretrial surveillance program:
🧵FACT 1: The number of people incarcerated in Cook County Jail or on electronic monitoring (EM) has risen 23% since April 2020.
In August of this year there was a notable decline in the EM population, but even with this decrease, *31% more people are on EM than in March 2020.*
In August of this year there was a notable decline in the EM population, but even with this decrease, *31% more people are on EM than in March 2020.*
🧵 FACT 2: Currently, at least 1,150 people in Cook County are on electronic monitoring and have been *for over a year.*
This is 32% higher than the same time last year. At least 78% of people on the Sheriff’s EM have been detained for at least 3 consecutive months.
This is 32% higher than the same time last year. At least 78% of people on the Sheriff’s EM have been detained for at least 3 consecutive months.
The lawyer who successfully argued that the detention of some men under SOE was unlawful shared with @djmillerJA this evening that his client was being held on an allegation that he killed a man who was very much alive. Let me repeat the police alleged a man was dead, who wasn’t
They held on to a man for this alleged dead man’s murder. The victim was very much alive & operating a car wash in Westmoreland. The police denied this to the tribunal and the tribunal sided with the police and the “perpetrator” held. IT. GETS. WORSE.
The crime officer for Westmoreland checks & proves that the “dead man” is very much live, and this information isn’t sent to the Tribunal. So a young man sits incarcerated for over 100 days, for a crime that wasn’t committed.
