Adult Probation Electronic Monitoring Program | Circuit Court of …
The Adult Probation Department’s Home Confinement Unit operates two separate electronic monitoring (EM) programs for two distinct populations: the "Bischof Law" program that uses Global Positioning Systems (GPS) devices to monitor individuals charged with certain domestic violence offenses, and the curfew program that uses both GPS and Radio ...
Aug 4, 2008 · CHICAGO – Joined by a bipartisan group of state legislators, domestic violence prevention advocates and the family of domestic abuse victim Cindy Bischof, Governor Rod R. Blagojevich today signed legislation to strengthen protections for domestic violence victims from their …
Illinois Governor Signs "Cindy Bischof Law" Allowing Courts to …
Aug 4, 2008 · CHICAGO – Joined by a bipartisan group of state legislators, domestic violence prevention advocates and the family of domestic abuse victim Cindy Bischof, Governor Rod R. Blagojevich today signed legislation to strengthen protections for domestic violence victims from their …
Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Compiled Statutes
For the purposes of administering the provisions of Public Act 95-773, known as the Cindy Bischof Law, all probation and court services departments are to be considered pretrial services agencies under the Pretrial Services Act and under the pretrial release provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963.
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Sep 19, 2022 · With the exception of people charged with domestic violence, the HCU uses RF devices for people on house arrest. Consistent with the Cindy Bischof Law, the court can order people charged with domestic battery or violating an …
HJ0018 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
the Cindy Bischof Law took effect; and : 4 WHEREAS, The Law requires that when a person is charged : 5: with a violation of an order of protection, the court shall : 6: order the respondent to undergo a risk assessment evaluation at : 7: an Illinois Department of Human Services protocol approved : 8: partner abuse intervention program and ...
As Ill. Murder-Suicide Shows, System Can't Always Protect Women
Mar 18, 2008 · The system worked, in Cindy Bischof’s case. When her ex-boyfriend became abusive after they broke up, the 43-year-old suburban Chicago real estate broker got a protective order.
HJ0018eng 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
the Cindy Bischof Law, took effect; and : 4 WHEREAS, The Law requires that when a person is charged : 5: with a violation of an order of protection, the court shall : 6: order the respondent to undergo a risk assessment and based on : 7: the results of the risk assessment and the other circumstances : 8: of the violation, it permits the court ...
Global eye to be kept on abusers – Chicago Tribune
Aug 5, 2008 · When Cindy Bischof died at the hands of an ex-boyfriend who had twice violated her orders of protection against him, her family channeled their grief into an immediate and compelling plea to...
The law didn’t save her – Chicago Tribune
Mar 16, 2008 · To relatives and prosecutors, it appeared that Bischof was taking all the necessary steps to stay safe and that the legal system was delivering protection. But after Giroux was released from...