{"id":1943,"date":"2011-11-03T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-03T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagocouncil.org\/news\/view\/19\/blog-smart-criminal-justice-policies-gain-momentum-in-chicago-cook-county"},"modified":"2011-11-03T04:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-11-03T04:00:00","slug":"blog-smart-criminal-justice-policies-gain-momentum-in-chicago-cook-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chicagocouncil.org\/staging\/1601\/blog-smart-criminal-justice-policies-gain-momentum-in-chicago-cook-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog: Smart Criminal Justice Policies Gain Momentum in Chicago, Cook County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>County and City officials have taken bold yet prudent steps toward sensible, cost-effective public safety policies. The County has expanded use of electronic monitoring and the City is now considering issuing a fine in lieu of arrest for marijuana possession-a move many suburbs have already made. Both plans aim to relieve the mounting fiscal, political, and humanitarian costs imposed by crowded jails and overburdened police and courts. They also represent incremental steps toward fundamental, systemic reform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>County and City officials have taken bold yet prudent steps  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Blog: Smart Criminal Justice Policies Gain Momentum in Chicago, Cook County - Chicago Council of Lawyers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/chicagocouncil.org\/staging\/1601\/blog-smart-criminal-justice-policies-gain-momentum-in-chicago-cook-county\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Blog: Smart Criminal Justice Policies Gain Momentum in Chicago, Cook County - Chicago Council of Lawyers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"County and City officials have taken bold yet prudent steps [...]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/chicagocouncil.org\/staging\/1601\/blog-smart-criminal-justice-policies-gain-momentum-in-chicago-cook-county\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Chicago Council of Lawyers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-11-03T04:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"chicagocouncil\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"chicagocouncil\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chicagocouncil.org\\\/staging\\\/1601\\\/blog-smart-criminal-justice-policies-gain-momentum-in-chicago-cook-county\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chicagocouncil.org\\\/staging\\\/1601\\\/blog-smart-criminal-justice-policies-gain-momentum-in-chicago-cook-county\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"chicagocouncil\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chicagocouncil.org\\\/staging\\\/1601\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/765edf6da8a399a85328c112cd1db2ff\"},\"headline\":\"Blog: Smart Criminal Justice Policies Gain Momentum in Chicago, Cook County\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-11-03T04:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chicagocouncil.org\\\/staging\\\/1601\\\/blog-smart-criminal-justice-policies-gain-momentum-in-chicago-cook-county\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":87,\"commentCount\":0,\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/chicagocouncil.org\\\/staging\\\/1601\\\/blog-smart-criminal-justice-policies-gain-momentum-in-chicago-cook-county\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chicagocouncil.org\\\/staging\\\/1601\\\/blog-smart-criminal-justice-policies-gain-momentum-in-chicago-cook-county\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chicagocouncil.org\\\/staging\\\/1601\\\/blog-smart-criminal-justice-policies-gain-momentum-in-chicago-cook-county\\\/\",\"name\":\"Blog: Smart Criminal Justice Policies Gain Momentum in Chicago, Cook County - Chicago Council of Lawyers\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chicagocouncil.org\\\/staging\\\/1601\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-11-03T04:00:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chicagocouncil.org\\\/staging\\\/1601\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/765edf6da8a399a85328c112cd1db2ff\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chicagocouncil.org\\\/staging\\\/1601\\\/blog-smart-criminal-justice-policies-gain-momentum-in-chicago-cook-county\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/chicagocouncil.org\\\/staging\\\/1601\\\/blog-smart-criminal-justice-policies-gain-momentum-in-chicago-cook-county\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chicagocouncil.org\\\/staging\\\/1601\\\/blog-smart-criminal-justice-policies-gain-momentum-in-chicago-cook-county\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chicagocouncil.org\\\/staging\\\/1601\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Blog: Smart Criminal Justice Policies Gain Momentum in Chicago, Cook County\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chicagocouncil.org\\\/staging\\\/1601\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chicagocouncil.org\\\/staging\\\/1601\\\/\",\"name\":\"Chicago Council of Lawyers\",\"description\":\"Chicago&#039;s Public Interest Bar Association\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chicagocouncil.org\\\/staging\\\/1601\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chicagocouncil.org\\\/staging\\\/1601\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/765edf6da8a399a85328c112cd1db2ff\",\"name\":\"chicagocouncil\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/488ad5e86c9dc0fe25777abd84a9515c3a23de3956b8383f5d8153b4e2acbd9c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/488ad5e86c9dc0fe25777abd84a9515c3a23de3956b8383f5d8153b4e2acbd9c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/488ad5e86c9dc0fe25777abd84a9515c3a23de3956b8383f5d8153b4e2acbd9c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"chicagocouncil\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chicagocouncil.org\\\/staging\\\/1601\\\/author\\\/chicagocouncil\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Blog: Smart Criminal Justice Policies Gain Momentum in Chicago, Cook County - Chicago Council of Lawyers","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/chicagocouncil.org\/staging\/1601\/blog-smart-criminal-justice-policies-gain-momentum-in-chicago-cook-county\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Blog: Smart Criminal Justice Policies Gain Momentum in Chicago, Cook County - Chicago Council of Lawyers","og_description":"County and City officials have taken bold yet prudent steps [...]","og_url":"https:\/\/chicagocouncil.org\/staging\/1601\/blog-smart-criminal-justice-policies-gain-momentum-in-chicago-cook-county\/","og_site_name":"Chicago Council of Lawyers","article_published_time":"2011-11-03T04:00:00+00:00","author":"chicagocouncil","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"chicagocouncil"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/chicagocouncil.org\/staging\/1601\/blog-smart-criminal-justice-policies-gain-momentum-in-chicago-cook-county\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/chicagocouncil.org\/staging\/1601\/blog-smart-criminal-justice-policies-gain-momentum-in-chicago-cook-county\/"},"author":{"name":"chicagocouncil","@id":"https:\/\/chicagocouncil.org\/staging\/1601\/#\/schema\/person\/765edf6da8a399a85328c112cd1db2ff"},"headline":"Blog: Smart Criminal Justice Policies Gain Momentum in Chicago, Cook County","datePublished":"2011-11-03T04:00:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/chicagocouncil.org\/staging\/1601\/blog-smart-criminal-justice-policies-gain-momentum-in-chicago-cook-county\/"},"wordCount":87,"commentCount":0,"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/chicagocouncil.org\/staging\/1601\/blog-smart-criminal-justice-policies-gain-momentum-in-chicago-cook-county\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/chicagocouncil.org\/staging\/1601\/blog-smart-criminal-justice-policies-gain-momentum-in-chicago-cook-county\/","url":"https:\/\/chicagocouncil.org\/staging\/1601\/blog-smart-criminal-justice-policies-gain-momentum-in-chicago-cook-county\/","name":"Blog: Smart Criminal Justice Policies Gain Momentum in Chicago, Cook County - Chicago Council of Lawyers","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/chicagocouncil.org\/staging\/1601\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-11-03T04:00:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/chicagocouncil.org\/staging\/1601\/#\/schema\/person\/765edf6da8a399a85328c112cd1db2ff"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/chicagocouncil.org\/staging\/1601\/blog-smart-criminal-justice-policies-gain-momentum-in-chicago-cook-county\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/chicagocouncil.org\/staging\/1601\/blog-smart-criminal-justice-policies-gain-momentum-in-chicago-cook-county\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/chicagocouncil.org\/staging\/1601\/blog-smart-criminal-justice-policies-gain-momentum-in-chicago-cook-county\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/chicagocouncil.org\/staging\/1601\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Blog: Smart Criminal Justice Policies Gain Momentum in Chicago, Cook County"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/chicagocouncil.org\/staging\/1601\/#website","url":"https:\/\/chicagocouncil.org\/staging\/1601\/","name":"Chicago Council of Lawyers","description":"Chicago&#039;s Public Interest Bar Association","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/chicagocouncil.org\/staging\/1601\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/chicagocouncil.org\/staging\/1601\/#\/schema\/person\/765edf6da8a399a85328c112cd1db2ff","name":"chicagocouncil","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/488ad5e86c9dc0fe25777abd84a9515c3a23de3956b8383f5d8153b4e2acbd9c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/488ad5e86c9dc0fe25777abd84a9515c3a23de3956b8383f5d8153b4e2acbd9c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/488ad5e86c9dc0fe25777abd84a9515c3a23de3956b8383f5d8153b4e2acbd9c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"chicagocouncil"},"url":"https:\/\/chicagocouncil.org\/staging\/1601\/author\/chicagocouncil\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagocouncil.org\/staging\/1601\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagocouncil.org\/staging\/1601\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagocouncil.org\/staging\/1601\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagocouncil.org\/staging\/1601\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagocouncil.org\/staging\/1601\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chicagocouncil.org\/staging\/1601\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1943\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagocouncil.org\/staging\/1601\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagocouncil.org\/staging\/1601\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagocouncil.org\/staging\/1601\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}