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Officials: Expansion needed at Winnebago County Juvenile Detention Center

Winnebago County officials say they are taking steps to improve conditions at the juvenile detention center, but what they really need is more space.

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Illinois jail numbers were supposed to drop with the end of cash bail Did they?

The end of cash bail was supposed to bring reductions in jail populations across Illinois. Here's what Rockford area jails are seeing.

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Advocates celebrate, cautiously optimistic about the end of cash bail

Advocates celebrate, cautiously optimistic about the end of cash bail
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Most Rockford area defendants go free on first day of no cash bail in Illinois

Cash bail ended across Illinois Monday. In Rockford, it meant most defendants arrested over the weekend were released. Read more about day one.

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Illinois abolishes cash bail: here s what both sides are saying

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) Starting today, Illinois has abolished the use of cash bail to address “systemic racism” in the criminal justice system. Under the Pretrial Fairness Act section of the SAFE-T Act, police must issue citations for suspects accused of low-level misdemeanors under the new system, instead of taking them to jail, and giving […]

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