150th Person Freed from Cook County Jail by Chicago Community Bond Fund
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
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