While about 60 inmates were released over the weekend in Williamson County, White County Sheriff Jordan Weiss says only one individual behind bars at the jail here wasn’t eligible for detainment under the SAFE-T Act which takes effect today throughout Illinois. The jail roster in Carmi is just over 60 right now and Weiss says his department does a good job getting detainments on individuals that they can in the county. The jail in Williamson County had about 163 people in custody as of Wednesday last week according to reports. Officials there said they expected as many as 85 would be released. Illinois is becoming the first state in the US to eliminate cash bail as a condition of pre-trial release from jail. The Supreme Court of Illinois upheld the constitutionality of the law absolishing it in June.
