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County officials say the online payments are part of an effort to transform how to pay bond and will save people a trip to Clayton.

Wednesday marks one year since Illinois ended cash bail.

Jail populations are down and there's no change in failure to appear rate, an analysis shows.

Chief Judge Andrew Gleeson said the numbers may drop in the next eight weeks but he doesn鈥檛 expect that to continue. A jail spokesman said the jail population could even increase in the long term.

Illinois became the first state in the country to abolish cash bail on Monday, but the courts remained slow in the Metro East.

When Illinois becomes the first U.S. state to abolish cash bail, it could set off a surge in electronic monitoring to the fear of the law鈥檚 most fervent supporters.

State lawmakers passed and the governor signed the criminal justice reform back in 2021. Originally scheduled to take effect on Jan. 1, 2023, lawsuits slowed the SAFE-T Act's enactment. The legislation includes the elimination of cash bail.

Experts say the doomsday scenarios surrounding the controversial criminal justice reform aren鈥檛 likely to materialize. But big changes are coming.

Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Mary Jane Theis said the decision was made due to 鈥渢he anticipated volume of investigations and hearings on pretrial detention鈥� when bail reform goes into effect Sept. 18.

Partisan 5-2 ruling says state鈥檚 constitution does not guarantee right to monetary bail.