Bail In Criminal Justice In Cook
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If you did not surrender your bond slip in the courtroom, you may bring the bond slip or the bond number(s), to the Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington St., Room 1006. A receipt of the transaction will be provided to you for your records. Refund checks are mailed to the address indicated on the bail bond form.
Last, this study focuses on cities where research shows reforms had large effects on how and when bail was set. Ultimately this report finds no statistically significant relationship between bail reform and crime rates. In other words, there is no reason to believe that bail reform has led to increased crime.
What is the Bail Reform Act? The Bail Reform Act was passed by the U.S. Congress in 1966 and revised in 1984 to clarify language and limitations on decisions about pretrial detention, release, and conditions of release and other related activities in the pretrial phase.
Criminal justice reform seeks to address structural issues in criminal justice systems such as racial profiling, police brutality, overcriminalization, mass incarceration, and recidivism.
Central Bond Court is held every weekday at 12 noon and Saturday, Sunday and holidays at 12noon in Courtroom 100 at 2600 South California Avenue.
Bail information is considered public record in the State of California, meaning that anyone (not only defendants themselves) can request this info. The details can be accessed via the Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) system or the Criminal Intake Section.
Cook County's bail reform has resulted in increased use of non-financial pretrial release options and declines in the amount of bail set for detained felony defendants. These two impacts have served to reduce the number of defendants admitted to the Cook County jail and the duration of their incarceration.
