Jail Population Falls
- The population at the Cook County Jail has fallen below 6,000 inmates, its lowest point in decades, sheriff’s officials said Thursday.
Cara Smith, chief policy officer for Sheriff Tom Dart, said the number has been declining for some time in part because of a drop in arrests, but the biggest change came some three months ago when criminal court judges were ordered to set bail only in amounts that defendants could afford to pay.
Since the order took effect Sept. 18, the jail population has dropped to 5,909 inmates as of Thursday, down by more than 1,500, Smith said.
Meanwhile, property crime is up, robberies are up, carjackings are up. On the other hand, it's a target rich environment for Concealed Carriers.
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posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
73 Comments:
They must really want the population to flee this crazy place. Keep voting the same way. Why bother doing Police work.
Just bought a German Shepard. Arf arf.
“...carjackings are up. On the other hand, it's a target rich environment Concealed Carriers. ...”
Always a silver lining in these things
Attempted car jacking on 98 th and Oakley....stay safe kids
Put me in charge.
What would Chicago look like today jad the NRA not partnered up with the Democrats to throw open carry under the bus for mikey and lisa?
Maybe then the jail population would be half what it is now!!
Writing tickets for weed possession is the only reason population is down. Why not just tell the truth about it?
Target rich environment.
That has a good ring to it.
Scc did you see best part of article. They said 2000 felons have been released since Dart/Evans plan in September. In last two months 140 of them have gone on to commit new serious crimes. Cara Smith, Dart's mouthpiece is touting this a great thing. Just as long as Dart or Smith's family isn't victim to one of these thugs..
Former Sheriff Sheahan had almost triple the inmates and none of the issues Dart is having with the inmates. Why is Dart having all these problems with so many less inmates to deal with. He must really stink at his job. When he brought Cara Smith and Brad Curry over from IDOC things started really going downhill. These people are the most incompetent people on the planet and the jail is a complete mess.
The school of hard knocks is now in session.
Attendance, for those residing within the district's boundaries, is mandatory.
Students are responsible for providing their own supplies.
The lesson plan shall be adhered to.
The lesson plan is limited only by death.
The lesson plan consists of one rule: Fuck or Be Fucked
Pass or Fail.....
No grading curve needed.
Enrollment is achieved by being present, classroom size accommodates all, pop quiz to be given without notice, any time, anywhere, any who and anyhow......
Have at it.......
Why conduct an arrest with the looney tunes going on in the courts and possibly of judge Hooks getting the case dismissed
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How many of these poor innocent thugs will lose their lives on the streets, when they would have been safe in jail?
Don't Black Lives Matter?
Just like the Chicago Police Officers, No sane CCWer wants to have to use their firearm.
Criminals are worth more on the street to the runt at city hall and his ilk in the county thus increasing the chances of hitting the ghetto lottery and enriching many more bottom feeders that "donate" to his political campaign...
Any working police officerr that cane on in the early 90s remembers that the prison population was always north of 10,000 with daily intakes and releases of 1,000 offenders. The last three years of significantly reduced arrests are finally being acknowledged. Make no mistake about it - the city and county want to get out of the business of law enforcement as much as they possibly can.
Keep the blinders on Little Tommy.
Didn't Special Ed once say that only 1500 bad guys are causing all the trouble?
Gee....Ya think the Sheeple are starting to wise up with all of this???
Hmmmm because there is no punishment for their crimes..
Hey Michele Smith,
http://www.cwbchicago.com/2017/12/woman-robbed-and-groped-near-depaul.html
About time we hired some more police in the 18th District, don't you think?
Lincoln Park is becoming as bad as Lakeview.
Headlines like this are only going to continue to make an already bad out-migration problem even worse.
But why worry about the citizens who live here and pay taxes. Much more important to spend our tax dollars for the education and health care of illegal aliens, so they will vote Democratic, eh?
Down 4,000 right? Doesn’t Big Bird Preckwinkle always tell us it costs $143 a day to house a prisoner? Let’s do the math. 4,000 x $143= $572,000 per day. $572,000 x 365=$208,780,000. WHERE IS THE MONEY?
If no one gets arrested, if the charges don't get approved, then yes, "crime has dropped". Stupid optics, unrelated to situation Chicago residents no face. Can't sustain those $25,000+ real estate tax burdens on upscale north-side anymore, given tax changes, and rising crime will push those high-flyer white/collar professionals back to the suburbs where they grew up.
And you wonder why crime is up... I-bonds for all...
fucking dart let them all out for christmas break
AHHHHH HAAAAAAA
The means to the end............Except they are yes all in the streets
PRICK-WRINKLE and TOMMY TOUPE DART have magically increased crime. The real mystery is the budgets don't drop for either one of these County HACKS.
reducing the population equals the car jackings and all the other robberies that are happening because cook county lets them right back out after cpd locks them up.
and here is a good video link on how the hood treats the police. Its not building the trust from the police to the community, you need to stop that from happening to the police. you wonder why the police do what they do, because the criminals act like they do.
https://twitter.com/balenciaglo/status/922998735612788738
Tim Evans' turning the predators loose has everything to do with the increased violent crime rate!
I read the article this morning. It describes the decline in jail population numbers in great detail. You know what it does not do? It completely fails to describe the effect that this new "criminal justice reform" has had on crime and violence in Cook County and Chicago in particular. It doesn't discuss the spike in armed robberies, strong armed robberies, car jackings, home invasions, burglaries, etc. Preckwinkle, Foxx, Dart and Evans are going around bragging about low jail numbers but they never talk about the havoc and chaos that has resulted. We, the law obeying, law abiding, tax paying people simply don't matter in Cook County. We are expected to accept our fate as potential victims of criminals at any time and place of the criminal's choosing all in the name of their ridiculous social justice agenda.
"On the other hand, it's a target rich environment for concealed carriers."
Do remember, it's against state wildlife regulations to set up your blind within 400 feet of the revolving door.
97% has not committed a new offense? How the hell can they write that? They following them all 24/7? How about 97% had not been arrested for committing a new offense? Big difference!
Put someone in charge
So time to cut sherif budget. When do layoffs start, fewer prisoners means you need less help. Less food and less medical staff. Also less administrative staff. So when do cuts start?
Didn't read the article. Anyone put two and two together. 5000 extra criminals on street leads to more crime?
There are more high paid administration Cook Co employees than inmates too.
CR’s are up and arrests are down.
COPRA witch hunting turning to past event video images and traffic monitoring.
Shut them down.
“...judges were ordered to set bail only in amounts that defendants could afford to pay.”
– What a joke. Big Lie. Show me the money collected. Let’s see the Receivables ledger.
Be Merry. Stay Fetal.
DuPage County Nine Shop Lifters want to get transferred into Cook County jail to their bail amount $10,000 re-set! Blahh Blahh you get what you all deserve for driving from the South Side of Chicago to the far west side outside of Cook County to shop lift you dummies you all would have been back home by now in time to style your new clothing from DICKS Sporting store!!
Cook county... criminal paradise.
With such dramatic drops in inmates the Cook County Taxes should be plummeting for the reduced staffing; right, when pigs fly !!!!!!
Come to Illinois, used to be land of Lincoln, now land of sanctuary for all criminals. So who gets sued when an unidentified criminal hire, steals, batters or kills someone on new job. Bad idea on so many levels. How about sexual predators does this apply to them, if not why not. they shouldn't be picked on unfairly if all others are not allowed to be identified. Sure hope someone in government is victimizes by one of these pos. Better yet governors wife, kids or close friends.
So the jail population is down. So Tommy boy can cut his bloated budget and pecker wrinkle can give tax rebates to the tax payers.
Essentially what has happened is the Democrats have removed the protective fencing from the Lion Country Safari that is Chicago.
They'll just have to find justice out in the streets because the criminal justice system has become a political joke. Don't forget to thank your sanctuary city politicians.
J.J.
True. I have CCW and pray I never have to use it. Just leave me alone to persue life, liberty, and the persuit of happiness within the law. Not asking for much else.
One might remember how the hospitals let the mentally ill out years ago. Now they are on the streets begging for money, "homeless" or laying in a bus shelter. How we've advanced!
Seems the same with the penal system. Make numbers look good, though you lock your car ("ride") everywhere, even while pumping gas! Even in front of your house ("crib") and you hear how "safe" it is and think "are these people nuts?
Seemingly, the idiots are running the asylum.
P.S. per the SNITCH LINE, I do remember a quote from an old good boss:
"Those people who come here and snitch on you, we'd never let them into management
--- they'd snitch on us!"
NOT ILLINOIS. NOT LAW.
How about State Senator Bill Cunningham and Dart creating Rocket Docket legislation that emptied the jail of thousands of inmates. Now Cunninghams own constituents can't even walk to car without looking for carjackers. The same Bill cunningham while spokesperson for Sheriff Micheal Sheahan said he'd rather build tents then empty the jail of criminals. That was in 2002, but Bill Cunningham wants to run for higher office now so he is willing to sacrifice the safety of his own neighborhood to release these thugs.
Jail population down...crime is up. Hmmmmmm...
Keep Them All out of Jail. So They can register to Vote in the upcoming Elections
Not the police, but read the Second City Cop everyday at breakfast. I like the target rich environment quote, I'm a concealed carry kind of guy and will not hesitate to protect myself and family members when the time comes. I and my wife practice twice a month with our firearms and live on the southwest side of the city.
Rahm must be defeated. I am hoping Gary will run and expose the pos carpet bagger from wilmette.
If you're selling drugs from your car you
aren't smarter than Jeff Bezos.
We're gonna start paying Tommy and Rahm in Bitcoin.
It's the one thing that keeps falling along with their
performance. Pretty soon it will be worthless and the
rats will jump ship.
Crime is up because of apathy and citizens collaborating with the gangs and thugs. Setting low bail is not the reason for he out of control violence. Prosecution and arrests of the citizens who lie and collaborate with the thugs to rob and sexually assault people will bring the crime rate down. I am a citizen who is doing just that.
So if the population at the jail is the lowest in three decades then why is Fart's budget the highest it's ever been? Shouldn't half the population mean half the cost? Hey toni when do i get my property tax refund for this?
Need all hands on deck for 2018 mid term and 2020 prez elections. Can’t let a good democratic voter go to waste.
Less pizza to purchase on pizza night...
It is unsafe to live in Chicago.
After the Federal Tax bill eliminates State and Local Tax Deductions, it will be unaffordable too.
As the population goes down, down down and the crime rate goes up, up up.
Kimmy Fox will show you the reason they did it. To reform the world and save the city. Ha Ha Ha
Tke Ease, CPD, Eddie Grape Juice has it all under control...
That article from the tribune says 93% of people released on their own bonds have returned to court and not committed a new offense, im on day 3 of 4 out of the 11th district and everyone I locked up this week is currently on bond from Crook County. What a completely false piece of journalism, violent felons are getting bonds and back out on the street carrying pistols, ask any of our tact teams, we will give you five IR numbers to support that statement, the tribune should be ashamed that they didn’t fact check their story
They are all applying for the CPD, apparently anyone can get in nowadays.
Off Topic:
http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2017/12/21/cuomo-vows-never-seen-before-police-deployment/
What's the 9.5 digit midget doing?
-Not a cop & not happy to be coming back for xmas
Population down, cut spending . Lower my taxes.
Is there a daily auction for bonds these days? Low bidder walks 'til he can find a vic with a nice ride to donate to the cauz?
Love it! Cc jail population lowest in decades...Chicago crime highest in decades. Correlation????
Gee could it be because Taxwinkle and her girl Kim feel that there are too many black and brown people( and folks) are at 26 & Cal?
Tax rebates, spending cuts Ha, Ha, Ha. these are Democrats your talking about those words are not in their vocabularies, in fact if one utters those silly ideas they will be thrown out of party. Not going to happen, but will happen is tax increase and more hiring to given the dwindling criminal population a better incarnation experience. Think I am kidding just wait and see.
The money saved should Off set any Lay Offs
Crime is Up. Jail Population is Down. Nobody goes to a Jail. Everyone is on Electronic Monitoring
Increase the Pizza Budget. Add more Meat to the Pie
Anonymous Anonymous said...
So if the population at the jail is the lowest in three decades then why is Fart's budget the highest it's ever been? Shouldn't half the population mean half the cost? Hey toni when do i get my property tax refund for this?
You can’t hire quadruple the number of exempt and high paying administrative jobs and friends or relatives of the media and keep your budget down.
Love it! Cc jail population lowest in decades...Chicago crime highest in decades. Correlation????
12/22/2017 07:46:00 PM
Die recto mundo.......
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Former Sheriff Sheahan had almost triple the inmates and none of the issues Dart is having with the inmates. Why is Dart having all these problems with so many less inmates to deal with. He must really stink at his job. When he brought Cara Smith and Brad Curry over from IDOC things started really going downhill. These people are the most incompetent people on the planet and the jail is a complete mess.
12/22/2017 01:33:00 AM
Let me be absolutely clear on Brad Curry. He was a putz at IDOC, will tell stories how he fired a bunch of CO’s at Stateville CC and cleaned up the place, well they all got their jobs back and he got moved out by his China man, so do not think that this guy is some hero, he is another political stroke. Ask us at IDOC, we can fill you in. Oh wait a former deputy director at IDOC was a cohort of the sheriff when he was in the state house. That same DD was Curry’s China man. George De tell all
The jail population is low because thanks to Kim Foxx the criminals are out on the street, robbing and carjacking.
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