Police Reform Advocates Demand Aldermen Pass Law Requiring Detainees Get A Phone Call In First Hour – Block Club Chicago

Less than 2 percent of people arrested in Chicago get access to an attorney while in custody, police records show. A proposed ordinance would require police to allow detainees to use a phone within one hour of arrest — but the measure has languished for a year under Ald. Chris Taliaferro (29th).

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