Chicago400

Community safety goals: prevent crime, support survivors, hold people accountable for harm. Then let people with past convictions rebuild our lives. For real.

[Chicago400 @chicago400]

ABOUT FEE WAIVERS + REGISTRIES:

Pple on registries pay $10, $20 or $100 per year to fill out forms at police. IL law gives police discretion to grant poor people a fee waiver.

To prove indigence, CPD made a form w/ invasive, intimidating + irrelevant questions.

@shrivercenter

[Chicago400 @chicago400]

Exactly.

And why does IL have a giant police apparatus to implement discredited policies — for no public safety benefit?

The police don’t have a choice. These are state laws mandating police to sabotage reentry.

Support SB2158 — a great first step.

@CAARPRNow @TheCAASE

[Chicago400 @chicago400]

CPD has to implement these policies b/c they are IL law.

(In fact, CPD conducts 23,000 re-registrations of 450 homeless people per year.)

But this shouldn’t be IL law: these are discredited + damaging policies that drain resources + help no one.

JOIN US: No more registries!

[Chicago400 @chicago400]

ABOUT FEE WAIVERS + REGISTRIES:

Pple on registries pay $10, $20 or $100 per year to fill out forms at police. IL law gives police discretion to grant poor people a fee waiver.

To prove indigence, CPD made a form w/ invasive, intimidating + irrelevant questions.

@shrivercenter

[Chicago400 @chicago400]

But registries are hardest on those struggling the most – the exact pple we should be helping.

People w/ convictions are poor + face barriers to housing + jobs. Registries add fees, negative police contact, and a pipeline to prison. Not public safety.

@SLKollmann @prisonpolicy

[Chicago400 @chicago400]

@PDefenselessPod @CalebAWilliams The Chicago 400 bills address all registries. Our campaign challenges all registries and banishment laws.

[Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation @TheCAASE]

IL's sex offender registry is a mess. It fails to accomplish anyone’s goals for safety, rehabilitation, or prevention.

We should spend our resources on strategies that actually work instead of propping up an ineffective system.

https://t.co/ZE6IcTkRRj

[Rep.Kam Buckner ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ @RepKamBuckner]

There seems to be some confusion. For clarity’s sake:

The CPD consent decree is not a recommendation. It’s not a suggestion. It’s a federal court order with specific requirements and deadlines, that Chicago is doing a bad job of complying with.

[Chicago400 @chicago400]

@thewapb @SharlynDGrace @madeleinebehr @TheCAASE @chicagosmayor @Chicago_Police Or automated call-in!
That said, we should not ask police to administer ANY policies that don't contribute to public safety.
Illinois reentry is already a maze + a mess for people, largely from these policies. Police didn't ask for these laws. They just have to carry them out.

[Chicago400 @chicago400]

People w/ records need support not obstacles. Instead, they re-register decades AFTER they serve their time.
Police conduct 50k re-registrations per year. CPD conducts 23k re-registrations of 450 homeless people alone!
The laws are inexcusable.
@shrivercenter @HousingActionIL

[Chicago400 @chicago400]

CapFax asks why non-officers couldn't handle all the time + paperwork needed by registry laws:
"WGN...found people waiting in line for hours, simply to comply with a state law that requires arsonists and those convicted of sex and gun crimes to check-in and register with police."

[Capitol Fax @capitolfax]

Afternoon roundup https://t.co/ThFptEE2Tj

[Chicago400 @chicago400]

Another valid question is:
Why force law enforcement, civilians, or people w/ past convictions to carry out discredited policies that don't improve safety?
Public conviction registries are a LOSE-LOSE-LOSE. They have expanded through law after law. @CAARPRNow @TheCAASE

[Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation @TheCAASE]

We believe and support all survivors.

Despite this news, we want survivors throughout Cook County and IL to know there's a wealth of resources and services available to survivors.

We are ready to help you find justice and healing - whatever that may look like for you.

[Chicago400 @chicago400]

Public conviction registries have NOTHING to do with crime prevention. They don't address public safety or prevention at all.
Here's what they actually do: waste police time, squander resources, put up obstacles for people with past convictions. Led to frustration + new arrests.

[Chicago400 @chicago400]

Could not be said any better.
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Registries TARGET and SET UP formerly incarcerated + convicted people for negative police contact.
DRIVING arrests for hyper-technicalities + errors in pointless paperwork. (Like CPD saying you didn't register when you did. And then people plea)