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As the Pretrial Fairness Act is implemented, the public needs and deserves transparency about its impact. Some activists fear judges may turn to electronic monitoring, but as long as judges follow the law, we see no grounds for complaint.

Starting Monday, the elimination of cash bail in Illinois will bring longer detention hearings and new parameters for jailing suspects. Heres an overview:

The night before historic bail reforms were set to take effect on Jan. 1, Cook County court officials and workers were poised to implement the new system after years of seemingly nonstop meetings. They replaced all the paperwork used for bail-related releases with new forms revised to comply with the law that eliminates cash bail as a condition of release from jail, judges told the Tribune. ...

Starting Monday, the elimination of cash bail in Illinois will bring longer detention hearings and new parameters for jailing suspects. Heres an overview:

Courts will see longer detention hearings, new parameters for jailing accused defenders

Courts will see longer detention hearings and new parameters for jailing accused defenders.

(Capitol News Illinois) - Beginning Monday, state courts in Illinois will be prohibited from jailing individuals who are accused - but not convicted -...

Beginning Monday, state courts in Illinois will be prohibited from jailing individuals who are accused – but not convicted – of crimes simply because they cannot afford to post bail

The law, effective Monday, makes Illinois the first state to ban money bonds. Some supporters of the change worry that judges will turn to EM.