Court Reports & Statistics

Court Reports and Statistics for the Circuit Court of Cook County

    Pretrial Fairness Act (PFA) Data Dashboards

    The Pretrial Fairness Act (PFA) Dashboard is a cumulative summary of several initial decision points for criminal cases filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County since the Pretrial Fairness Act took effect on September 18, 2023. Data sources are: administrative data from the Enterprise Justice Case Management System (CMS) maintained by the Clerk of the Circuit Court; publicly available information on the daily jail and Sheriff’s electronic monitoring program; Public Safety Assessments; as well as assignments to and weekly pending caseloads for pretrial supervision, home confinement curfew, and GPS monitoring collected and maintained by Adult Probation – Pretrial Services and the Social Services Department. Summary data for the dashboard are compiled by staff from the Office of the Chief Judge

    Adult Probation Quarterly Performance Metrics
    Adult Probation - Home Confinement - Curfew with (EM)

    The Department's Research Team provides monthly reports on pretrial electronic monitoring (EM) curfew populations, broken down by the most serious charge attached to a case (the "top charge"). These reports are typically updated in the middle of the month and provide a snapshot of the pretrial EM curfew population.

    Find weekly and monthly reports here

    Find more research and statistics from the Adult Probation Department here

    Bail Reform

    Dollars and Sense in Cook County - Examining the Impact of General Order 18.8A on Felony Bond Court Decisions, Pretrial Release and Crime - by Don Stemen and David Olson Loyola University Chicago.

    The JFA Institute - Why Bail Reform Is Safe and Effective:  The Case of Cook County (April 2020), by James Austin, Ph.D. and Wendy Naro-Ware.

    Bail Reform in Cook County, An Examination of General Order 18.8A and Bail in Felony Cases, May 9, 2019

    See Model Bond Court Quarterly Reports Below

    Court Caseloads

    Illinois Supreme Court Annual Report of Illinois Courts

    Forensic Clinical Services
    Juvenile Justice Division

    Under the Illinois Juvenile Court Act, the purpose of juvenile justice is rehabilitation, specifically, “. . . to rehabilitate and to prevent further delinquent behavior through the development of . . . educational, vocational, social, emotional and basic life skills which enable a minor to mature into a productive member of society” (705 ILCS 405/5-101(1)(c). At each point in the juvenile justice process, the court and the Juvenile Probation and Court Services Department (JPD) provide services and programs aimed at rehabilitating the minors charged with criminal offenses.

    Juvenile Probation
    Juvenile Temporary Detention Center

    2023 Q1 JTDC Quarterly Indicators Report

    Chapin Hall - Improving the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center

    Quarterly Performance Metrics 

    2016 Juvenile Temporary Detention Center Performance Metrics

    2016 Issac Ray Center Annual Report Cover Letter

    2016 Isaac Ray Center Annual Report

    Juvenile Temporary Detention Center - Daily Population Reports

    Information contained in the Daily Data Dashboard(s) below is based on the JTDC Population as of the morning midnight count. 

    Model Bond Court Quarterly Reports

    Click on the below links to view the quarterly dashboard reports that present seven key performance measures being used to monitor implementation of the Model Bond Court initiative in the Circuit Court of Cook County. The release of these reports in May 2018 represented the first comprehensive release of performance measures related to bail reform. 

    The measures evaluate the following areas since the implementation of General Order 18.8A on September 18, 2017: Cook County Jail population trends; initial bond orders set among Public Safety Assessment felony defendants; d-bond dollar amount needed to secure initial release from custody; rate of pretrial release by initial bond order; court appearance rate; community safety rate; and assessment of risk for new violent criminal activity.

    Data Dashboard Reports:

    Mortgage Foreclosure Mediation Program
    Public Guardian
    Office of the Chief Judge
    Social Service