Month: March 2019 | Chicago Community Bond Fund

Posted March 12, 2019

Lawsuit Challenging Cook County Sheriff’s Practice of Not Releasing People Pretrial Survives Motion to Dismiss

In February 2018, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart publicly announced a new policy of reviewing bond decisions and refusing to release some people from Cook County Jail—even after their bond [...]

By Blaise Sewell

In General

Posted March 4, 2019

RIP: Lavera Scott

Chicago Community Bond Fund is deeply saddened to learn of the death of Lavera Scott, who died this past weekend while incarcerated pretrial in Cook County Jail on a charge of drug possession. [...]

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