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Bill would expand grants for pretrial monitoring in domestic-violence cases; advocates and county attorney back it, some senators press for safeguards
Summary
Senate Bill 280 would allow the Board of Crime Control to provide grants enabling community pretrial monitoring (GPS/ankle bracelets) for certain domestic-violence charges. Proponents say it frees jail beds and improves supervision; senators asked about victim input, eligibility for 'charged' individuals, and fiscal details.
Senate Bill 280, sponsored by Senator Mike Yakawich, would revise domestic-violence intervention grant rules to permit the Board of Crime Control to fund community-based pretrial monitoring and compliance officers for offenders charged with specified partner- or family-member assault offenses. The sponsor said the program targets court-ordered monitoring for charged-but-not-convicted defendants and is intended to reduce jail populations and provide pathways to treatment and supervision.
"We're talking about grants...intentionally used to help offenders," Yakawich said in his opening, stressing that the money comes from a…
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