Of the nearly 250 people considered AWOL from Cook County’s electronic monitoring program, almost a third of them are facing charges for violent crimes.
Earlier this month, a report from Cook County Chief Judge Charles Beach’s office revealed there are 3,048 people on electronic monitoring while they face criminal charges, and 246 of them, approximately 8%, are unaccounted for.
That means they either missed curfew for three or more hours, or the battery on their monitoring bracelet – which they are required to charge themselves – has died, their bracelet has been cut off, or their monitor has otherwise lost connectivity…