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Public defender warns against cuts as court services raise juvenile per‑diem to $225
Summary
The public defender urged the committee to avoid staffing cuts given rising caseloads and ethical standards; Court Services won committee approval to raise juvenile detention per‑diem rates to $225 for DuPage and McHenry intergovernmental agreements.
Public Defender Miss Conant told the Judicial and Public Safety Committee on May 14 that her office is fully staffed with 52 employees but warned that further cuts would risk excessive caseloads, burnout and threats to constitutional representation standards.
"If we lose attorneys, the work does not go away," she said, noting her office handled roughly 76% of…
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