Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart says he plans to ask the Illinois General Assembly to revoke a reform that allows criminal defendants who are being held on home detention while awaiting trial to get two days of furlough time.
says he plans to ask the Illinois General Assembly to revoke a reform that allows criminal defendants who are being held on home detention while awaiting trial to get two days of furlough time during which they can leave home to go shopping, do laundry and take care of other personal business.have ended up getting arrested while on these furloughs for what’s labeled "essential movement."
Essential movement — which the sheriff calls "free movement" — is required under Illinois’ Pre-Trial Fairness Act. That law is facing a court challenge on constitutional grounds because of another provision it includes — this one eliminating cash bail. "We would oppose repealing the provisions of the Pre-Trial Fairness Act," said Sharlyn Grace, senior policy adviser to Cook County Public Defender Sharone Mitchell.
He said people on essential movement represent most of the people on electronic monitoring who’ve been accused of a new crime while on furlough in "the community," not in or near their homes. Grace pointed to one November 2021 day — about a month before the Pre-Trial Safety Act took effect — when only about 40% of the people in Cook County on electronic monitoring had orders that would allow them to have "reoccurring" movement outside their homes.
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