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 Sharlyn Grace On Tuesday, June 26, 2018, Chicago Community Bond Fund (CCBF) paid READ MORE
Volunteers report that the rate of pretrial release has nearly doubled, but further changes are needed to end the unjust incarceration of legally innocent people. CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—February 27, 2018 By: Sharlyn Grace Last fall, the Coalition READ MORE
Judge Evans issues money bond rule change. Advocates say that if properly implemented, it could significantly reduce the population of Cook County Jail. CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—July 17, 2017. The Chicago Community Bond Fund welcomes Cook County Chief READ MORE
Project aims to free those too poor to afford bond from dangerous jail conditions as it works to end monetary bond in Illinois. CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF0—July 13, 2017. On Wednesday, July 12, 2017, Chicago Community Bond Fund (CCBF) READ MORE
Schemed to Smuggle Contraband into Cook County Jail CHICAGO — (ENEWSPF)–April 27, 2017. A former dispatch supervisor for the Chicago Police Department was sentenced today to more than three years in prison for providing government READ MORE
Project aims to free those too poor to afford bond from dangerous jail conditions as it works to end monetary bond in Illinois. CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2016. Pre-trial detainees languish by the thousands in grim conditions 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 County, individuals unlawfully detained in Cook County Jail are suing to end the 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 of Corrections and the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center (JTDC) that will improve building READ MORE
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