“It’s just a constant revolving door now, of people in custody for seven or less days,” Kane County Sheriff Ron Hain said, expressing concern about recidivism. He said that if the jail population continues in the direction it has been going, there could be an increase of around $2.5 million in costs, based on the average cost per person.
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.