Archives

Earlier this week, the judge in the lawsuit to end money bond in Cook County issued a decision dismissing the case. *This not the decision we wanted, but it is the decision we expected. The civil [...]

Today, we joined more than 100 groups in signing this shared statement of civil rights concerns highlighting opposition to, and concerns with, the adoption of algorithmic based decision-making [...]

~En Español abajo~  Join our first-ever local convening focused on the impact of electronic monitoring in the criminal legal and immigration detention systems! The half day event will [...]

Action Alert – PA Parole Board Must Grant Janet and Janine Africa Parole Take action Monday, June 25th – Wednesday, June 27th Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole: 717-787-5699 Send [...]

Check out this new Windy City Times guest column by our very own Irene Romulo, CCBF’s Director of Advocacy, about the impact of pretrial incarceration on LGTBTQ communities, and [...]

hank you so much to everyone who came out last night to celebrate with us at the CCBF Summer Party! We want to thank each of you who joined us to celebrate and commit to the ongoing work of [...]

Last week, the first Believers Bail Out bond was posted to free a father of four from Cook County Jail. We are honored to be partnering with Sapelo Square: An Online Resource on Black Muslims in [...]

CCBF organizer Lavette Mayes speaking at #ACLUcon18 with Jay Ellis of Insecure about the fight to #EndMoneyBail & the 14 months she spent in Cook County Jail [...]

Two weeks ago, CCBF organizer Devoureaux Wolf and CCBF’s Director of Advocacy Irene Romulo participated in UUSC: Unitarian Universalist Service Committee’s webinar on the fight [...]

Today, our friends at Northside Transformative Law Center succeeding in getting Marquise’s murder case dismissed after he spent 2.5 years in Cook County Jail. Marquise’s [...]