Chicago Appleseed's @Staudt_Sarah and @justinhchae looked at 6 years of Chicago Police arrest records - over half-a-million cases - to determine what, if any, are CPD's patterns of #IncommunicadoDetention.
Many questions remain, but here's what we know so far:
Many questions remain, but here's what we know so far:
On average, it takes the police about 3 hours from the initial time of arrest to lock someone up at a CPD station.
Still, we found over 6,282 cases of people held longer than 10 hours - for up to 2 days - BEFORE the Chicago Police booked them.
Still, we found over 6,282 cases of people held longer than 10 hours - for up to 2 days - BEFORE the Chicago Police booked them.
It usually takes about 12 hrs from time of arrest to when someone is released/sent to bond court - but we found 3,100+ cases where CPD held people longer than 48 hrs, for up to 4 days.
Looking at charges alone, it's unclear why CPD subjected these people to excessive hold times.
Looking at charges alone, it's unclear why CPD subjected these people to excessive hold times.
Unsurprisingly, data suggests that CPD is more likely to hold people of color, specifically Black people, for extreme lengths of time.
We found that CPD Districts with the longest holding times overall overlap with majority Black neighborhoods on Chicago’s West and South Sides.
We found that CPD Districts with the longest holding times overall overlap with majority Black neighborhoods on Chicago’s West and South Sides.
Cases where people are held over 48 hours are generally no different than other arrests. As a result, our initial conclusion is that extraordinary hold times are (1) loosely based on the type of charge, (2) arbitrary, (3) based on race - or a combination.
chicagoappleseed.org/cpd-arrest-hol…
chicagoappleseed.org/cpd-arrest-hol…
Professor Randolph Stone writes: “The CPD has engaged in a practice of incommunicado detention, denying people in custody access to a phone and counsel and allowing the abuse of people...to go unchecked.”
City Council can change this on Monday, 12/14...
City Council can change this on Monday, 12/14...
https://twitter.com/fdlachicago/status/1336116059938680834?s=21
...when they reconvene to vote on an ordinance guaranteeing people access to a phone within an hour of contact w/ CPD (O2019-3873: chicago.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.… @5thWardChicago @RossanaFor33 @ChiAlderwoman @J1Ramann @ward32chicago @MattMartinChi @cookctypdamy).
https://twitter.com/fdlachicago/status/1336720324398870530?s=21
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