REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CRIMINAL
JUSTICE
The Honorable,
The Board of Commissioners of
ATTENDANCE
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Present: |
Chairman Collins, Commissioners |
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Absent: |
Vice Chairman Beavers and Commissioners Claypool, Gorman,
Goslin, |
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Also
Present: |
Patrick Driscoll – Deputy State’s Attorney, Chief, Civil
Actions Bureau; Daniel J. Brown – Assistant Executive Director; Carlos Quezada
– Director of Cermak Mental Health Services, David S. Devane – Executive
Director of Sheriff’s Department and Earl Dunlap, Transitional Administrator -
The Juvenile Temporary Detention Center |
Ladies and
Gentlemen:
Your Committee
on Criminal Justice of the Board of Commissioners of Cook County met pursuant
to notice on
Your Committee
has considered the following item and, upon adoption of this report, the
recommendation is as follows:
The
Secretary of the Board informed Chairman Collins that a quorum was not present
at this time, but testimony could be taken.
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RESOLUTION REGARDING REVIEW OF THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION REVIEW OF THE WHEREAS, Cook County is a home rule unit
of local government pursuant to Article WHEREAS, on April 14, 2009 a meeting was
held at the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center (“CCJTDC”) at
which time Transitional Administrator Earl Dunlap presented a progress report
on the state of the facility; and WHEREAS, the guests were provided with
information on the changes and improvements that have occurred at the CCJTDC
since the arrival of Transitional Administrator Earl Dunlap in additional to
future plans and continuing development of the facility; and WHEREAS, this information is valuable in
evaluating our compliance with the Memorandum of Agreement and should be
presented to the Cook County Board of Commissioners; and WHEREAS, we are also under a Federal
Consent Decree regarding the Cook County Jail and are in need of a progress
report in determining our compliance with that decree. *REFERRED TO THE
COMMITTEE ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE 05/05/09. |
Patrick Driscoll, Deputy State’s Attorney, Chief, Civil
Actions Bureau, stated that Doe v.s.The Juvenile Temporary Detention Center is pending
in United States District Court before Chief Judge Holderman now who has the
case on reassignment from Judge Nordberg.
This case was started in 1999 and was filed by the ACLU as a class
action covering all detainees at the
The
Mr. Driscoll stated 9,000 inmates was the daily population
at the jail. There are 9,751 available beds and the inmates are no longer
bunking on the floors. The Cook County
Board of Commissioners has approved the capital improvements, including
construction for a new residential treatment unit and reception diagnostic
center. There are custodial and
non-custodial release programs being implemented by the Sheriff’s Department,
Women’s Justice, Mom program, boot camp for custodial programs, electronic
monitoring, day reporting, female furlough programs takes inmates out of daily
confinement which reduces the number of inmates at the jail.
Chairman Collins asked are the employees getting training
for the technical equipment at the
Earl Dunlap, Transitional Administrator of the
Commissioner Peraica asked how many full time employees are
with the
Mr. Dunlap responded 500 full time employees. (See Attachment #1)
PUBLIC SPEARKERS
1) George Blakemore – Concerned Citizen
Chairman Collins thanked everyone in attendance and
adjourned the meeting for lack of a quorum.
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Respectfully
submitted, Committee
on Criminal Justice xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Earlean Collins, Chairman |
Attest:
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Matthew B.
DeLeon, Secretary
The complete audio recording of this meeting is available in
the Office of the Secretary to the Board,