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The Safety, Accountability, Fairness and Equity-Today Act, commonly known as the SAFE-T Act, is a state of Illinois statute enacted in 2021 that makes a number of reforms to the criminal justice system, affecting policing, pretrial detention and bail, sentencing, and corrections.
Illinois became the first state in the country to eliminate cash bail with the SAFE-T Act, despite much debate among legislators and legal challenges that concluded with a ruling from the Illinois ...
Through the SAFE-T Act, a criminal justice reform bill, the end of cash bail will begin in less than three months. ... a group of four upstate GOP legislators met with law enforcement to determine ...
An amendment to the SAFE-T Act was filed in the Senate. A look at what’s contained in the amendment. Here’s what’s in it.
What changes will be made is unclear as negotiations continue. The veto session ran Nov. 15 through Nov. 17 and will resume Nov. 29 through Dec. 1.
The Illinois Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the constitutionality of the SAFE-T Act ending cash bail, ordering state law implementation in September.
The lead negotiators of the SAFE-T Act criminal justice reform filed a long-awaited amendment detailing several changes to the cash bail overhaul.
"There are some good elements of the SAFE-T Act, but the negatives in the law far outweigh the positives," writes Andrew Chesney. Your turn: Nothing in Illinois' SAFE-T Act improves public safety ...