SAFE-T Act - 2021 Illinois Safety, Accountability, Fairness and Equity-Today (SAFE-T) Act enacts extensive reform impacting many areas of the criminal justice system
The SAFE-T Act states that a person will only be detained “when it is determined that the defendant poses a specific, real and present threat to a person, or has a high likelihood of willful flight."
The 2021 Illinois Safety, Accountability, Fairness and Equity-Today (SAFE-T) Act enacts extensive reform impacting many areas of the criminal justice system, including pre-arrest diversion, policing, pretrial, sentencing, and corrections. The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority is tasked with implementing several of the Act’s provisions. These areas of the Act include policing, pretrial, and deaths in custody, as well as leading and serving on task forces. This article highlights areas of the Act, details ICJIA’s roles in legislation, and shares ICJIA research related to the Act’s provisions.



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