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Download our new report on bond reform in Cook County: Shifting Sands: An Investigation Into The First Year of Bond Reform In Cook County One year ago on this day, General Order 18.8A took effect [...]

We’re thrilled to be the host city for the National Bail Fund Network’s second national convening of bail & bond funds. 35 bail & bond funds from across the U.S. are in [...]

This past winter, CCBF worked with Thedford Garber Law to file a class action lawsuit against Sheriff Dart’s practice of unconstitutionally denying people release on Electronic Monitoring [...]

Today, we visited Rockford, IL with A Just Harvest to talk about the fight to #EndMoneyBail in Illinois! CCBF is excited to be taking this fight statewide in 2019. If [...]

We are excited to have the help of two terrific law student interns this fall! Meet Natanya (left, she/her) and Fox (right, they/them): Natanya is in her third year of the part-time program [...]

The Rally To #EndMoneyBail is sure to be a touchdown, now that we’re being joined by former NFL Pro Bowl running back, philanthropist, and activist Matt Forte!  Join us, Matt [...]

Last night, we had a great time creating art for the Rally To #EndMoneyBail with For the People Artists Collective! We can’t wait to see you all on September 18th at 10am at [...]

CCBF is proud to unveil a new animated film documenting the fight to #EndMoneyBail in Cook County. More than 2,700 legally innocent people are incarcerated in Cook County jail simply [...]

We must #EndMoneyBail, but we need to ensure all reforms also move us closer to ending pretrial incarceration. California’s SB10 replaces money bail with racist risk assessment tools [...]

47 years ago today over 1,000 prisoners took control of the Attica Correctional Facility, 47 years later prisoners across the US are participating in one of the largest prison strikes in US [...]