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This week, CCBF welcomed our new Campaign Coordinator to our team! Malik Alim is the new Campaign Coordinator for the Coalition to End Money Bond! You can read his bio below. Malik Alim is [...]

We are proud to unveil “No More Shackles: Arguing Against Pretrial Electronic Monitoring,” a new video created in partnership with MediaJustice, a companion piece to their [...]

On August 19, 2019, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) proposed an amended disparate impact rule that would make it harder for people to fight housing discrimination and [...]

CCBF is tremendously excited to welcome two new staff members to our team this week! Keisa Reynolds is CCBF’s new Deputy Director. Ashlyn Ruga is CCBF’s new intake coordinator.* We [...]

Today, the Cook County’s Sheriff’s Office will be asking the Cook County Board for even more money. Despite a massive 45% decrease in the number of people incarcerated in Cook County [...]

Chicago Community Bond Fund is proud to stand in solidarity with the Chicago Teachers Union. Abolition is not simply the absence of jails and prisons; it is also the presence of the things our [...]

In July, 2017 Alliyah was escorted into Cook County’s central bond court without knowing what to expect. As the prosecutor began to read the allegations against her, there was no opportunity to [...]

CCBF is excited to announce that we are hiring a Campaign Coordinator for the Coalition to End Money Bond. Our adored current coordinator, Ruby Pinto, is leaving at the end of this year to [...]

Chicago Community Bond Fund invites you to celebrate another year of progress in our shared struggle to end money bond and pretrial incarceration. The program will feature performances by Jovan [...]

Yesterday, the Cook County Board of Commissioners passed an ordinance intended to reduce negative impacts of clerk’s fees and other court costs on impoverished Black and Brown communities who pay [...]