Despite major reforms, thousands of people still jailed simply because they can’t pay money bonds CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—July 10, 2018 Contacts: Irene Romulo and … Read more
Volunteers report that the rate of pretrial release has nearly doubled, but further changes are needed to end the unjust incarceration of … Read more
Judge Evans issues money bond rule change. Advocates say that if properly implemented, it could significantly reduce the population of Cook County … Read more
Project aims to free those too poor to afford bond from dangerous jail conditions as it works to end monetary bond in … Read more
Schemed to Smuggle Contraband into Cook County Jail CHICAGO — (ENEWSPF)–April 27, 2017. A former dispatch supervisor for the Chicago Police Department … Read more
Project aims to free those too poor to afford bond from dangerous jail conditions as it works to end monetary bond in … Read more
Community Groups Demand Alternatives to Monetary Bond CHICAGO, IL.—(ENEWSPF)—October 25, 2016. In the first class-action lawsuit of its kind filed in Cook … Read more
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced today the start of a major construction project at the Cook County Department … Read more