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Ex-Cook County Public Defender Amy Campanelli ‘misused confidential information,’ inspector general finds

Interim Cook County Inspector General Steven Cyranoski found that she improperly gave identifying information on juvenile clients to a nonprofit where she later took a job.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 17, 2023

Tom Dart urges lawmakers to scrap reform requiring criminal defendants on home detention to get 2 furlough days a week

The sheriff points to 129 rearrests of people on “essential movement” furloughs since the reform took effect Jan. 1, 2022. The public defender’s office says the laws rightly lets people go to the doctor, do laundry and shop.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 20, 2023

Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart tightens electronic monitoring for apartment dwellers

After an appellate court ruling that said the sheriff was ambiguous on restrictions, Dart’s office says residents on EM “are not permitted to be in common areas of multi-unit buildings, including but not limited to vestibules, laundry facilities, mailrooms or other units unless authorized.”

Chicago Sun-Times · May 19, 2023