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Another huge victory in the fight against money bail and pretrial incarceration–this time in Massachusetts! “In a unanimous ruling aimed at reorienting bail decisions toward their [...]

This is a reminder to all of us pushing for bail reform about exactly how high the stakes are. Jails literally kill people. Mr. Lopez House was in Cook County Jail on a series of retail theft [...]

We are happy to have been featured on this week’s The Seminary Co-op Bookstores Open Stacks Podcast alongside authors Susan Burton and Michaela Soyer! You should listen to the whole thing [...]

We just posted $10k to free the person arrested yesterday at #SlutwalkChi. We are proud to continue standing with Chicago’s social justice movements!

After four months of incarceration and another four months on house arrest, a jury found George “not guilty” on July 26th in his aggravated unlawful use of a weapon case. CCBF is thrilled that [...]

CCBF member Lavette Mayes is interviewed in this new Mic.com article about the problems with money bail and how bail funds are fighting back against it: “[B]ecause she didn’t have the means [...]