So, the Friday news dump worked, I guess.

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11. What worries me is that other sheriffs will be encouraged to behave like that.

Believe it or not, Sheriff Dart in Chicago is pretty good. He is trying to get as many programs and volunteers into the county jail here. It does make a difference. He has also been fighting hard to get non violent prisoners who did low level petty theft or trespassing out of the jails because they can't afford a relatively low cost bail. That actually ended up passing into law. There were many people staying in jail for years waiting for their court date for trespassing or shoplifting.

Chicago has a bad reputation for police violence and looking the other way for police torture. But, in our county jail at least it isn't so bad.

Guess what, when you have more educational programs and volunteers the recidivism goes down. When you torture and kill people the recidivism goes up. Plus, you know, the right thing to do.