CCBF To Pay Edward Brown’s $20,000 Bond
On December 17, 2018, two Chicago police officers were struck by a Metra train and killed. Police allege that they were pursuing Edward Brown, a 24-year old Black man who had never been arrested [...]
240 People Currently Incarcerated at Cook County Jail Are There Because They Can’t Afford a Money Bond of $1,000 or less
Today, there are 5,888 people incarcerated in Cook County Jail. Of those people, at least 2,500 are being held pretrial simply because they can’t afford to pay a money bail. A recent report [...]
Edward Robinson’s Cause of Death Revealed To Be Hypothermia
On September 19, 2018, Edward Robinson died in the Lake County Jail. He was just 32 years old. Earlier this month, Mr. Robinson’s cause of death was revealed to be hypothermia. We are [...]
$1,000,000 in Bond Paid
Earlier this month, Chicago Community Bond Fund reached a new milestone: we have now paid over $1,000,000 in bond to free people in Cook County from jail or house arrest with electronic [...]