>> AND BETWEEN BOUNCE BACK ON
CHEDDAR NEWS, EVERYONE, I'M
BAKER MACHADO THE USE OF
ELECTRONIC
ANKLE MONITOR AND DEVICES HAS
BEEN USED BY THE JUSTICE SYSTEM
SINCE THE EARLY 80'S,
THE DEVICES ARE MEANT TO BE AN
ALTERNATIVE TO BAIL FOR THOSE
ARRESTED THAT AS THEY AWAIT
TRIAL BUT ACCORDING TO ONE NOT
BAD. IN CHICAGO IN PARTICULAR
THESE DEVICES ARE OFTEN FALSE
AND DO NOTHING BUT MAKE IT
HARDER FOR THOSE TO GET BACK TO
A
NORMAL LIFE. SO JOINING US NOW
IS KATHERINE CRAWFORD, A PUBLIC
DEFENSE ATTORNEY IN CHICAGO WHO
WROTE ABOUT THE
U.S. ISSUE WITH THOSE DEVICES
IN TEEN VOGUE A WELCOME SUCH A
PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU
HERE CATHERINE IN YOUR
REPORTING YOU TALK ABOUT THE
FLAWS WITH THESE ELECTRONIC
MONITORING DEVICES. WHY ARE
THEY NOT ALWAYS ACCURATE HERE.
>> WELL I THINK THAT WHEN WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT WHETHER THEY'RE
ACCURATE THEIR 2 ISSUES ONE IS
WHETHER A PERSON SHOULD BE ON
ELECTRONIC MONITORING IN THE
FIRST PLACE AND THE MAJORITY IF
NOT ALL CASES THE
ENTRIES NOW. BUT WHEN SOMEBODY
IS ON THE ROAD TRYING TO
TRAIN THERE CONSTANT ISSUES
WITH FALSE POSITIVES OR FALSE
ALERTS THAT
ARE EITHER DUE TO HUMAN ERROR
OR SIMPLY A LACK OF
COMMUNICATION BETWEEN LAW
ENFORCEMENT THE
SHERIFF'S AGENCY AND COMPANY
THAT HAS
BEEN CONTRACT DUE TO MONITOR
ALL OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE THERE
ALSO TECHNOLOGICAL
INCLUDING A LOT OF FALSE
POSITIVES SAYING THAT SOMEONE
OUT OF THEIR HOME WHEN THEY'RE
NOT I HAD ONE YOUNG THE PERSON
WHO JUST KEPT TAKING VIDEO
AFTER VIDEO OF HIM IN THE HOUSE
WITH
HIS BRACELET WEARING SAYING
RETRIEVE YOUR HOME RETURN TO
YOUR HOME IN ONE WHAT A
DEVASTATING ONE COULD SEE HIS 2
YEAR-OLD NEPHEW JUST SOME AND
AND REALLY BECAUSE THE NOISE
WAS SO LOUD AND THEN WE HAVE
OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE
IN APARTMENTS WHERE THEY CAN'T
GO THEY CAN'T MEET A PARTICULAR
ROOM BECAUSE THE RANGE DOESN'T
GO THAT FAR OR YOU HAVE PEOPLE
WHO HAVE LT WITTMAN TO CALL
AND SAY THIS EQUIPMENT IS
FAULTY AND IT TAKES SEVERAL
WEEKS AND SEVERAL PHONE CALLS
TO GET INTO A PLACE THE E IN
THE BOX.
>> WOW AND SO FOR A LOT OF THE
PEOPLE THAT YOU REPRESENT HERE.
CATHERINE
DOES THIS PREVENT THEM FROM
BEING ABLE TO GET THEIR LIVES
BACK ON TRACK AS A RESULT ALL
THESE FAULTY POSITIVES THAT YOU
WERE
JUST MENTIONING.
>> JUST BEING ON ELECTRONIC
MONITORING PERIOD PREVENTS THEM
FROM GETTING THERE IT'S BACK
ON TRACK. THEY ARE DISPLACED
FROM THEIR HOMES BECAUSE
FEDERAL FUNDED. HOUSING DOES
NOT ALLOW FOR PEOPLE TO BE ON
SO OFTEN TIMES YOU HAVE
FAMILIES DISRUPTED. WELL,
SOMEBODY TRIES TO FIND A
RELATIVE OR A FRIEND WHO LET
THEM LIVE IN
THEIR HOME FOR AN UNSPECIFIED
AMOUNT OF TIME THAT ITSELF CAN
BE TAXING ON LOCATION SHIPS
BECAUSE THE PERSON CANNOT LEAVE
THE HOUSE WHICH OF COURSE HAS
WE ALL KNOW FROM THE PRESENT
PANDEMIC HOW MENTALLY
EXHAUSTING
THAT IS IMAGINE NOT EVEN BEING
ABLE TO GO OUTSIDE OF YOUR
FRONT PORCH WHICH TO JUST GET A
BREAK TAKE A BREAK. YOU HAVE
PEOPLE FAT FATHERS, I'M A LOT
OF YOUNG FATHERS WHO CAN'T CARE
FOR THEIR CHILDREN CAN TAKE
THEM TO MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS IN
SOME INSTANCES CAN'T LIVE IN
THE SAME HOUSE WITH THEM.
IT IS VERY DISRUPTIVE. THEY
CAN'T WORK SOMETIMES THEY'RE
GIVEN PERMISSION
TO WORK. BUT THEN THE SHERIFF'S
SHOW UP TO CHECK CHECK THE
EMPLOYER
AND THEN THE EMPLOYEES LIKE
THIS IS TOO MUCH OF A HASSLE
AND SORRY, EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE A
EDUCATION IS DISRUPTED THERE'S
JUST SO MANY.
WAYS AND INCREDIBLY DISRUPTIVE
AND
MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY ON OUR
YOUNG PEOPLE
FOR NO REASON THESE PEOPLE ARE
PRESUMED INNOCENT AND THEY
DON'T PRESENT A DANGER TO
THEMSELVES OR THEIR TEAM.
CATHERINE.
>> FOR THOSE THAT MAYBE ARE IN
SUPPORT OF ALL OF THESE THESE
MONITOR DEVICES. THEY'RE
PROBABLY THEIR ARGUMENT IS
ESSENTIALLY THIS STOPS THEM
FROM RE-OFFENDING HERE WHAT YOU
SAY
TO THEM THAT'S COMPLETELY A
FALSE NARRATIVE
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE STATISTICS
FOR THE ARRESTS FOR
VIOLENT OFFENSES
BEFORE BOND REFORM IN CHICAGO
TOOK PLACE AND AFTER BOMB
BEFORE IT CALLED
INTO PLACE.
>> THERE WAS NOT ANY
DIFFERENCE. 3% OF THE PEOPLE
WHO LEAST PRE TRIAL.
WERE REARRESTED CONVICTED BUT
WE ARRESTED FOR VIOLENT
OFFENSES, IT WHICH IS A
SIGNIFICANT WE KNOW WE'RE LOW
IT'S IN
A MARGINAL RIGHT SO THE IDEA
THAT THIS ACTUALLY KEEPS THE
COMMUNITY SAFE FOR PREVENTS
PEOPLE FROM COMMITTING NEW
CRIMES IT IS ABSOLUTELY FALSE
COMING BACK, IT LEADS TO ALL
SORTS OF CHALLENGES. THEY'RE
ACTUALLY HARMFUL TO OUR AND TO
OUR YOUNG.
>> CATHERINE OBVIOUSLY SO MUCH
NEEDS TO BE IMPROVED WHEN IT
COMES TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM IN
THIS COUNTRY. BUT IN THE STATE
OF ILLINOIS IN PARTICULAR
HAVING TRY TO RECTIFY THIS
PARTICULAR
SITUATION HERE.
>> THE ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE
PASSED THE PRE TRIAL FAIRNESS
ACT IN JANUARY AND IT CONTAINS
A NUMBER
OF BEFORE AND IMPROVING OUR
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
SPECIFICALLY WITH RESPECT TO
ELECTRONIC MONITORING. THEY NOW
HAVE STRICTER REQUIREMENTS FOR
PLACING SOMEONE
ELECTRONIC MONITORING AND FOR
KEEPING HIM ON ELECTRONIC
MONITORING PRE TRIAL REQUIRING
THAT A JUDGE TO REVIEW
THE DECISION EVERY 60 DAYS AND
INTO WRITTEN FILINGS AS TO WHY
IT IS REQUIRED. THIS
IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE I'VE HAD
YOUNG PEOPLE ON ELECTRONIC
MONITORING FOR 979 DAYS 465
DAYS 263 DAYS. NOT ONLY IS
THIS TAXING. BUT IT ALSO GETS A
LOT OF THEM TO PLEAD GUILTY TO
CRIMES TO WHICH YOU KNOW THEY
ARE IN
A SENSE. IT AS I SAID DUE
DILIGENCE THE FACTS ON THEIR
ABILITY TO MAKE A
OR CARE FOR THEIR FAMILY.
OTHER STATUE OTHER IN THE
PRETRIAL FAIRNESS ACT ELIMINATE
CASH BAIL AFFECTED NEXT YEAR
WHICH IS GOING TO BE
TREMENDOUSLY IMPORTANT. THEY'RE
ALSO A NUMBER OF STATUTES
AND PROVISIONS AIMED AT OTHER
PART WAS JUSTICE SYSTEM BUT WE
REALLY FEEL LIKE THE
ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE IS LEADING
THE WAY IN
TRYING TO IMPROVE OUR CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM AND MAKE IT LESS
RACIST AND LESS HARMFUL TO THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE
PROPERTY ABSOLUTELY.
>> AND WE JUST SHOT THIS REALLY
STARTLING GRAPHIC ABOUT THE
PEOPLE WHO
ARE ON THESE MODERN DEVICES IN
THE STATE OF CHICAGO OVER 90%
OF ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR MOST OF
THEM
ARE MALE AND IN THE PIECE YOU
ACTUALLY MENTION THAT THE MEDIA
WE'RE ALL IN THIS IS WELL IN
TERMS OF HOW WE TALK ABOUT THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM EXPLAIN
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU
MEANT BY THAT.
>> THE MEDIA I THINK THERE'S
A SIGNIFICANT RESPONSE OR THE
FRONT PUSHING A FALSE NARRATIVE
THAT BAIL REFORM IS
THE CAUSE FOR THE SURGE IN GUN
VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND
CRIME
IN JET. AGAIN THE DATA DOES NOT
SUPPORT THAT AS EVIDENCE CITED
ARREST RATES. THE
LOCAL MEDIA AS WELL AS THE
NATIONAL MEDIA WILL PUBLISH
EDITORIALS DEVOID OF ANY DOUBT
I ATTRIBUTE INCLINES TO BAIL
REFORM THAN QUESTIONABLY
PUBLISHED STATEMENTS FROM OUR
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CITY
OFFICIALS TO SECRET AGAIN
WITHOUT ANY DATA TO SUPPORT IT
TO BLAME BY
ON CRIME RATES THEY PUBLISH
SENSATIONAL STORIES OF OUTLIER.
CASES OF PEOPLE WHO WERE OVER
THE
STREET TRY I'LL WHO WILL BE
ARRESTED FOR VIOLENT OFFENSES
WITHOUT EVER TALKING ABOUT THAT
THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE WHO ARE RELEASED PRE
TRIAL WITH NO WOMEN A CONDITION
TO GOING TO SCHOOL.
WE'RE WORKING WHO ARE CARING
FOR THEIR FAMILIES WHO ARE
PARTICIPATING IN PROGRAMS WE
NEVER HEAR ABOUT JONES WE ONLY
HEAR ABOUT
THE SENSATIONAL. STORIES THAT
DO NOT IN ANY WAY REFLECT THE
REALITY OF WHAT'S
GOING ON THE OTHER THING IS IS
THAT A LOT OF THE GUY IT'S IN
THE CITY OF CHICAGO
IS DRIVEN NOT BY BUT BY
DISINVESTMENT IN OUR
COMMUNITIES
OF COLOR. THAT IS NORMALLY THAT
WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE ABLE
TO TELL
THAT PROBLEM NOT BY ARRESTING
AND LOCKING