Professor, Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology. Co-Director, Center for Criminal Justice. Loyola University Chicago @ccjloyola @LoyolaChicago
We are proud to announce @FredCoSAO participation in its new @ThePPIs Data Dashboard, empowering their community with data-driven insights into their justice system: https://t.co/E2yH5AjVmF
Press conference: https://t.co/AYPlZHUmwJ
As Election Day approaches, we are unsurprised to see a surge in misinformation about the end of money bond.
This is a friendly reminder that rigorous, transparent research from professors at Loyola University was published last month. Read it here: https://t.co/DobqpoiWev
We sponsored research at @CCJLoyola exploring the impact of the Illinois Pretrial Fairness Act, which eliminated cash bail, prohibited pretrial detention and established new standards for pretrial detention and release hearings. Read more here: https://t.co/Ih4mBInH47
Our report on the first year of the PFA is out. Overall detention rates have decreased, with the largest decreases for misdemeanor offenses. And failure to appear warrants are lower, with the largest decreases for misdemeanor offenses. Read more here:
https://t.co/xPUXkrqTGq
BREAKING: @CCJLoyola reports on #Illinois’ Pretrial Fairness Act, which eliminated cash bail a year ago. Among findings, the percent of defendants detained at initial court hearings plummeted (see below), jail populations shrunk and crime didn't surge.
https://t.co/1nvWC2TzYt
Happy Birthday, PFA! The Illinois law eliminating cash bail went into effect a year ago today, and media all over the state have been featuring the Center's take on the law's first year. Codirector Don Stemen was interviewed yesterday on WBEZ's Reset:
https://t.co/w64izOz0u0
I was on @WBEZreset today talking about the end of cash bail in Illinois with @SharlynDGrace@ChipMitchell1 and @pksmid. Sounded OK? Maybe.
Illinois ended cash bail a year ago. Here’s what we’ve learned. https://t.co/qzUBGuAcwQ
CCJ research and Center Codirector Dave Olson are cited extensively in this @nprillinois report exploring the first 9 months of data on the PFA and the end of cash bail in Illinois: https://t.co/YYE6437NV7
Students from our Prison Reform class finished the term by delivering more than 200 donated toiletry items to @the_wji, to be used to help women returning from prison get back on their feet.
At a summit for journalists hosted by the Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice today, the Center's Don Stemen is sharing the latest numbers from our ongoing evaluation of the elimination of cash bail:
https://t.co/Wx6To20OVq
Coding is Hard! But Loyola's criminal justice students have been learning how to program in Python from Branden Dupont, the Center's Deputy Director of Analytics--and they celebrated their last class yesterday by showing off their new data analysis and visualization skills.
Exciting news! Santa Clara is stepping up its game in transparency and accountability with the launch of the new @thePPIs Prosecution Data Dashboard. #SantaClara#Transparency#Accountability https://t.co/Eqj4KUgcRP
Dive deep into the justice system! From crime rates to conviction rates, stay informed and engaged in shaping our community's future by using the Santa Clara DA dashboard. Check it out now! #DataTransparency#Prosecution#California https://t.co/vrILdksNkL
The Center is lucky to work with Anna Bryant, a Loyola graduate student in criminal justice and criminology, who was just interviewed by @WBBMNewsradio about her report on changes in police presence in schools since the George Floyd killing: https://t.co/cWqOJIAms6
The new issue of @VitalCityNYC, on the value of evidence in driving policymaking, includes a contribution from friend of the Center John Maki: https://t.co/i0tBW1F57p Read the whole collection here:
https://t.co/otjjJGBkD8