Jails across Illinois experience vacancies after elimination of cash bail – Center Square

McLean County Sheriff Matt Lane, whose jail is 38 percent occupied, is not a proponent of housing homeless individuals or migrants in the jail. "It’s not built for that, it’s not what it was intended for. It’s not an open campus. You can’t come and go as you please. I don’t think that’s a good idea. The county board might have some other ideas that we could discuss but I am not in favor of that."
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Hello, Indiana!
2 years ago

That’s what Kwame, et al want, isn’t it? To shift the burden of dealing with violent offenders onto society, pocket the surplus budget money and spend it on more social services, “ guaranteed income “, trans rights consultants, etc. The money budgeted for incarceration will never go down, even as the population of jails does. It will simply be “ redirected “. Bet on that.

sue
2 years ago

AND THE COUNTRY IS BEING TORN APART BECAUSE OF STUPID PEOPLE THAT VOTED THESE PEOPLE IN.

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