CCBF Featured on Shadowproof
Read part one of a new story about CCBF’s work from Shadowproof: “The most effective prisoner solidarity efforts work to address the immediate harm of incarceration while fighting to [...]
CCBF Pays Bail for Michael
On March 22, the Chicago Community Bond Fund posted $7,500 in bond for Michael, enabling him to reunite with his two-year-old child at home in Minnesota. Michael’s family contributed $2,500 [...]
CCBF Pays Bail for Protester Demanding Justice for Pierre Loury
A year ago yesterday, Pierre Loury was shot and killed by Chicago Police. Pierre, a 16 year-old resident of the West Side, was trying to climb the back fence to his home in North Lawndale when [...]
CCBF Pays Bail for Cody & Ron
On April 4th, CCBF posted bond to free Cody and Ron from Cook County Jail. They were both arrested on Saturday, April 1st at a Hood2Hood community engagement program and neighborhood cleanup in [...]
Congrats to the Minnesota Freedom Fund
Congrats to the Minnesota Freedom Fund on their success in bailing out 33 people from jail, all of whom were incarcerated because they could not pay $1,000 or less! About a year ago, we met with [...]
CCBF Pays Bail for Doris
Last September, CCBF posted $3,100 to free Doris from Cook County Jail. Doris is 66 years old and a resident of Chicago’s South Side. She was charged with welfare fraud crimes and spent almost [...]
CCBF Featured in the Christian Science Monitor
We are happy to be featured in this great new article and video from The Christian Science Monitor on bail reform in America! “Chicago Community Bond Fund (CCBF) has posted more than [...]