This isn't even really about people gaming the system, just about the system working in ways the legislators didn't foresee. Court no-shows have suburban jail bursting at the seams under cashless bail, sheriff says - CWB Chicago
A suburban county’s sheriff says Illinois’ two-year-old cashless bail system has produced the opposite of what its backers promised, with his jail population nearly doubling since the law took effect. But the increase, Kane County Sheriff Ron Hain said, is not because violent offenders are being kept behind bars pending trial.
Instead, Hain says his jail is filling up with defendants who were released pretrial under the new rules but later landed back behind bars after skipping their court dates and having warrants issued.
Instead of showing up to court to get their bale money back, they are just ignoring the situation, until they can't.
I'm sure that Illinois lawmakers will amend the law to "fix" this, because throwing bad guys in jail is unfair, or something.
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