CCBF Supports J20 Protesters
Yesterday, CCBF posted $1,600 to free the only person held on bond following Friday’s inauguration protests. Just 24 hours after having bond set on his misdemeanor battery charge, the [...]
CCBF Participates in the #FreeBresha Rally
Today we joined Love & Protect, For the People Artists Collective, Lifted Voices, Moms United Against Violence and Incarceration, Chicago Metropolitan Battered Women’s [...]
CCBF Pays Andre’s Bail on Christmas Eve
On Christmas Eve, CCBF posted $5,000 to free Andre from Cook County Jail. He had been locked up for more than five months because he couldn’t pay the bond he was given after being arrested [...]
Impossible Colors Show Benefits CCBF
Tomorrow night, Impossible Colors is having a show at The Empty Bottle with musicians featured in Down In the Trumps! We will have a table there with CCBF merch, so come enjoy some great music [...]
CCBF Co-Sponsors Event for Breasha Meadows
CCBF is proud to be co-sponsoring this Love & Protect event taking place a week from today. We hope that you will join us as we create a powerful visual for Bresha: “15 year old Bresha [...]
Pacific Standard Goes “Inside the Fight to End Cash Bail”
Check out this article in Pacific Standard documenting how advocates in Chicago (us!), New York, and beyond are fighting GOP moneymen, and major insurance companies, to end the predatory practice.
A Look Back at 2017
Last year, we posted $257,650 in bond to free 59 people from Cook County Jail or house arrest. This graphic displays how our revolving fund works. For more details on what we accomplished last [...]
Petition Opposing Ban on In-Person Visits
Jails across the country are increasingly eliminating in-person visits, replacing them with video visitation. This means that incarcerated people must “visit” with their loved ones [...]
Happy New Year!
On New Year’s Eve, more than 250 people made donations to us for #FreeThePeople Day. Collectively, you raised more than $35,000 to free people from Cook County Jail who are [...]