January is Poverty Awareness Month in America, so it is an appropriate time to look at the early implementation of Illinois’ Pretrial Fairness Act (PFA), which eliminated cash bail for all criminal cases. It became effective on September 18, 2023, three years after its passage. Part of the impetus for the law was to eliminate […]| Safety and Justice Challenge
Contents: Recap of PFA Evaluation Findings to Date; Assessing Quality of Life in Illinois Prisons; Prosecutorial Performance Indicators Meeting| Loyola University of Chicago Center for Criminal Justice
We explore how important monetary bail is as a source of restitution for victims of crime and whether the elimination of monetary bail will have the unintended consequence of reducing compensation for victims.| Loyola University of Chicago Center for Criminal Justice