‘Does not work’: Cook County State’s Attorney decries electronic monitoring system as broken – NBC5 (Chicago)

“Electronic monitoring is not an alternative to detention. It does not keep people safe,” Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke said. “The states attorney’s office is going to continue to ask for detention each and every time we believe someone presents a danger."
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David F
1 month ago

Ya Think?

Tommy Paine
1 month ago

Overstating the obvious

Mark F
1 month ago

Cook County Sheriff Dart dumped the electronic monitoring system on the courts, because it is relatively easy to sue the Cook County Sheriff’s Office when they screw up, it is much, much harder to sue the court system.

Brian Jones
1 month ago

She’s right.

If it weren’t a tragedy, it’d be a joke.

Call it a dark comedy… however the joke is on is.

Sanity please
1 month ago
Reply to  Brian Jones

The entire state of the toliet bowl king and
the bankrupt city of chicago are a very dark comedy which will continue to play out.

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