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This morning, we were at the County Board hearing on the Chief Judge’s budget. We shared fact sheets on how bail reform has saved the thousands of dollars by reducing the number of people [...]

Today, Chicago Community Bond Fund is proud to release “Communities, Not Cages,” a new report documenting why Cook County should reduce the sheriff’s bloated jail budget. In [...]

We are excited to announce our newest staff person: Ruby Pinto! Starting today, Ruby will be serving as the Campaign Coordinator for the Coalition to End Money Bond. Since 2014, Ruby has had the [...]

Yesterday, we had the pleasure of visiting Urbana-Champaign to talk about the fight to End Money Bail and pretrial incarceration in Illinois! CCBF is excited to be taking this fight statewide in [...]

On September 19, 2018, Edward Robinson died in the Lake County Jail. He was just 32 years old. Mr. Robinson’s death was publicly announced on September 21st, but Lake County Sheriff Mark [...]

Download our new report on bond reform in Cook County: Shifting Sands: An Investigation Into The First Year of Bond Reform In Cook County One year ago on this day, General Order 18.8A took effect [...]

We’re thrilled to be the host city for the National Bail Fund Network’s second national convening of bail & bond funds. 35 bail & bond funds from across the U.S. are in [...]

This past winter, CCBF worked with Thedford Garber Law to file a class action lawsuit against Sheriff Dart’s practice of unconstitutionally denying people release on Electronic Monitoring [...]

Today, we visited Rockford, IL with A Just Harvest to talk about the fight to #EndMoneyBail in Illinois! CCBF is excited to be taking this fight statewide in 2019. If [...]

We are excited to have the help of two terrific law student interns this fall! Meet Natanya (left, she/her) and Fox (right, they/them): Natanya is in her third year of the part-time program [...]