Grant is part of MacArthur’s $75 Million Safety and Justice Challenge, which supports innovation in local criminal justice systems
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation today announced that Cook County is one of 20 jurisdictions selected to receive a $150,000 planning grant to reduce the number of low level nonviolent offenders incarcerated in the Cook County Jail.
Circuit Court of Cook County Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans announced that, effective today, March 3, 2015, the bond calls in the Circuit Court of Cook County’s five suburban courthouses will be held as follows:
| Misdemeanors | 10 a.m. |
| Felonies | 1:30 p.m. |
The suburban courthouses are as follows:
To ensure the orderly transition of the administration of the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center from federal court oversight to the Office of the Chief Judge, Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans today announced that he has appointed the Circuit Court of Cook County Committee on the Transition of the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center (JTDC).
Chief Judge Evans has asked the committee members to assist the JTDC’s new superintendent, Leonard Dixon, and the federal court’s transitional administrator, Earl Dunlap, in the transfer of authority.
The Circuit Court of Cook County’s Executive Committee today ordered the reassignment of Judge Beatriz Santiago from her current assignment after the Judicial Inquiry Board (JIB) filed a complaint against her on February 6, 2015, with the Illinois Courts Commission.
Circuit Court of Cook County Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans announced today that he has accepted the recommendation of a court advisory committee and selected Leonard Dixon as superintendent of the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center (JTDC). Leonard Dixon, a nationally recognized expert in juvenile detention who most recently served as the executive director for the Wayne County Juvenile Detention Facility, Department of Children and Family Services in Detroit, Michigan, will start his new position as JTDC superintendent on February 9, 2015.
Illinois Supreme Court approves Extended Media Coverage in Circuit Court of Cook County
Circuit Court of Cook County Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans announced that the court’s Executive Committee today ordered the removal of Judge Gloria Chevere from her present assignment due to rulings she made which may have resulted in “possible threat of injury to the public and to the orderly administration of justice.”
To allow more time for preparation of pre-bond reports that assist judges in their bail-setting decisions, Central Bond Court at 26th and California will convene at a later time beginning in November, announced Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans. Pre-bond reports are objective assessments of the level of risk an alleged offender may present to public safety and whether the individual is likely to return to court for the next appearance.
Statement by Rose M. Golden, Director, Juvenile Probation and Court Services Department, Circuit Court of Cook County
Chief Judge plans to name new director by September 30, 2014
As part of his plans for the orderly transition of the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center from a federal court appointed administrator to his office, Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans has established the Circuit Court of Cook County Committee on the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center. The committee is charged with recommending to the Chief Judge a list of finalists from among 45 individuals who applied to the Office of the Chief Judge for the position of executive director of the JTDC.
