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On Monday, two people incarcerated in Cook County Jail died of COVID-19. Rene Olivo was 42 years old, and Juan Salgado Mendoza 53 years old. The announcement of their deaths comes less than 24 [...]

Yesterday, 64-year-old Karl Battiste died from COVID-19 while in the custody of the Cook County Jail. He had been incarcerated since January 2019 without bond. As of Sunday, April 19, 2020, 395 [...]

Chicago Community Bond Fund and For the People Artists Collective are working together to curate a virtual quilt in remembrance of each individual lost to COVID-19 while incarcerated in Cook [...]

Leslie Pieroni is the second person to die of COVID-19 while in the custody Cook County Jail. Mr. Pieroni was 51 years old and had been incarcerated in the jail since December 2018. We are [...]

Judge Kennelly rules that Sheriff Dart must implement policies ensuring sanitation, testing, social distancing at intake and the distribution of personal protective equipment. A federal judge in [...]

Last night, Chicago’s city government submitted an amicus brief in support of keeping people incarcerated in Cook County Jail, the epicenter of the nation’s COVID-19 pandemic. This position is [...]

Flo spent 52 in cook County Jail in 2016 because he couldn’t afford to pay his bond. He recorded this message, steeped in his personal experience, speaking to the urgent need to release [...]

Today, a coalition of organizations from across the Chicago area are leading noise demos at three strategic locations, demanding action from our elected officials—including Governor JB Pritzker, [...]

We are deeply saddened to learn of the death of Jeffery Pendleton, the first person to die from COVID-19 while in the custody of Cook County Jail. He was 59 years old and incarcerated because he [...]

Read the complaint and declarations from medical experts and people currently incarcerated in Cook County Jail. A press conference will be aired on CCBF’s Facebook page today at 11am. Late [...]