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“A common argument for pretrial release on monitors is that it removes the pressure to accept a plea bargain simply to get out of jail. However, the case of Chicago’s Lavette Mayes [...]

Come celebrate CCBF’s second birthday and all the progress being made toward ending money bond and pretrial incarceration in Cook County! Since December 2015, CCBF has worked with families [...]

Volunteers with The Coalition to End Money Bond have consistently observed judges failing to effectively implement Chief Judge Evans’ General Order 18.8A over the first month of its [...]

Sign & share this important #NoCopAcademy petition demanding that Rahm Emanuel not spend $95 million on a new police training ground! Fund communities, not cops! Click here to sign [...]

For a third week in a row, bond court judges failed to implement the Chief Judge’s court order designed to #EndMoneyBail in Cook County.

We are so excited to be a co-sponsor of this event organized by Love & Protect!!!!Join us on October 26th for screening of the film “Free CeCe,” which chronicles the story of Cece [...]

We’re excited to invite you to Fight to Win: Shrinking Prisons and Jails / Strengthening Our Communities, an event on organizing against imprisonment and strategies to strengthen our fight for a [...]

On September 21st, CCBF posted $5,000 to free Miguel from Cook County Jail. Miguel was arrested in early August and charged with robbery and aggravated battery. After General Order 18.8A went [...]

Courtwatching report back from week 2 of bond court under Judge Evans’ court order designed to#EndMoneyBail in Cook County:

For the second week in a row, volunteers through The Coalition to End Money Bond were in bond court to observe the implementation of an order by Chief Judge Evans aimed at ensuring that no one is [...]