Adjusting to Illinois’ cashless bail system, set to take effect Jan. 1, won’t be easy and will take time, those who’ve been through it in other states say. But proponents of bail reform say it will be worth it, pointing to a decline in the number of people held in custody pretrial without a meaningful increase in crime.
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