Board of Commissioners of Cook County - File #: 14-4643

• File #: 14-4643
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Filed
• File created: 8/8/2014
• In control: Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations Committee
• On agenda: 2/5/2013
• Final action: 11/19/2014
• Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION COB #321867 EXAMING THE CROWDING AT THE COOK COUNTY JAIL AND THE USE OF ELECTRONIC MONITORING Submitting a Proposed Resolution sponsored by Toni Preckwinkle, President, Jerry Butler, Earlean Collins, John P. Daley. John A Fritchey, Bridget Gainer, Jesus G. Garcia, Elizabeth "Liz" Doody Gorman, Gregg Goslin, Joan Patricia Murphy, Edwin Reyes, Peter N. Silvestri, Deborah Sims, Robert B. Steele, Larry Suffredin and Jeffrey R. Tobolski, Cook County Commissioners WHEREAS, the President and the Cook County Board of Commissioners, in recommending and approving the annual appropriation bill, has invested in many programs to protect the general public and reduce the jail population at the Cook County Jail ("Jail"); and WHEREAS, one of the programs the President and Cook County Board of Commissioners has invested in is an aggressive Electronic Monitoring program which provides for a lower-cost alternative to housing detainees at the Jail, provides a mechanism ...
• Sponsors: TONI PRECKWINKLE (President), JERRY BUTLER, EARLEAN COLLINS, JOHN P. DALEY, JOHN A. FRITCHEY, BRIDGET GAINER, JESÚS G. GARCÍA, ELIZABETH "LIZ" DOODY GORMAN, GREGG GOSLIN, JOAN PATRICIA MURPHY, EDWIN REYES, PETER N. SILVESTRI, DEBORAH SIMS, ROBERT STEELE, LARRY SUFFREDIN, JEFFREY R. TOBOLSKI

Date	Ver.	Action By	Motion	Result
11/19/2014	1	Board of Commissioners	receive and file
11/19/2014	1	Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations Committee	recommend for receiving and filing	Pass
3/19/2013	1	Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations Committee	recommend for deferral
2/5/2013	1	Board of Commissioners	refer

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PROPOSED RESOLUTION

COB #321867

EXAMING THE CROWDING AT THE COOK COUNTY JAIL AND THE USE OF ELECTRONIC MONITORING

Submitting a Proposed Resolution sponsored by Toni Preckwinkle, President, Jerry Butler, Earlean Collins, John P. Daley. John A Fritchey, Bridget Gainer, Jesus G. Garcia, Elizabeth "Liz" Doody Gorman, Gregg Goslin, Joan Patricia Murphy, Edwin Reyes, Peter N. Silvestri, Deborah Sims, Robert B. Steele, Larry Suffredin and Jeffrey R. Tobolski, Cook County Commissioners

WHEREAS, the President and the Cook County Board of Commissioners, in recommending and approving the annual appropriation bill, has invested in many programs to protect the general public and reduce the jail population at the Cook County Jail ("Jail"); and

WHEREAS, one of the programs the President and Cook County Board of Commissioners has invested in is an aggressive Electronic Monitoring program which provides for a lower-cost alternative to housing detainees at the Jail, provides a mechanism to reduce overcrowding at the Jail and allows certain detainees to be monitored in a non-correctional setting; and

WHEREAS, the Jail continues to see an increase in the jail population and the Jail had an increase in the average daily detainee population in 2012 from the average in 2011; and

WHEREAS, the cost per day of holding one individual in the Jail is significant and there should be an enhanced emphasis in placing applicable detainees in an Electronic Monitoring program; and

WHEREAS, placing detainees on Electronic Monitoring in a qualifying residence is a cost-effective alternative to incarceration in the Jail; and

WHEREAS, Electronic Monitoring allows qualifying participants to continue to work, go to school, attend religious services, and maintain family or community ties; and

WHEREAS, the Cook County Sheriff's Office operates an electronic monitoring program that can cost-effectively and safely monitor over fifteen hundred participants at any given ti...