In February 2020, approximately 2,400 Cook County individuals were on electronic monitoring. As of last week, there are more than 3,400 individuals on the program, roughly 72% of whom are facing trial for violent crimes or gun-related offenses and 2.8% are awaiting trial for murder, the sheriff’s office said.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.