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Evaluation of Pretrial and Drug Intervention Programs in Macon and Peoria Counties in Illinois

The Center for Legal Studies (now the Institute for Legal and Policy Studies) completed a two-year evaluation funded by the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority on five programs designed to reduce jail crowding, provide intensive substance abuse treatment for drug offenders, and establish options for channeling offenders away from traditional court processing. The five programs included pretrial diversion in both Macon and Peoria counties, an intensive drug intervention program in Peoria, and day reporting (probation) and deferred prosecution programs in Macon County. The study provides information regarding the impacts of these programs on jail populations, cost savings and staff workload impacts resulting from the programs, treatment impact on the substance abusers, and offender recidivism among other areas of interest.