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Yesterday marked three years since the death of Kalief Browder. Beginning at age 16, Kalief spent more than one thousand days incarcerated pretrial at New York City’s Riker’s jail. In [...]

Earlier this week, CCBF organizer Lavette Mayes was featured along with Su’ad Abdul Khabeer of Sapelo Square: An Online Resource on Black Muslims in the U.S., one of our partners in [...]

Join us at noon today at the Daley Center as we stand in solidarity with sex workers, survivors of violence, and criminalized workers everywhere! We stand opposed to SESTA & FOSTA, which make [...]

This is a sobering reminder that the stakes of ending money bond and pretrial incarceration are literally life and death. In 2017, at least 22 people died while incarcerated in Cook County Jail. [...]

Thanks to Worldview for having CCBF’s Director of Advocacy Irene Romulo and Believers Bail Out organizer Nabihah Maqbool join the show yesterday! You can listen to the entire 13 minute [...]

We’re proud to be here at City Hall in solidarity with #NoCopAcademy, mobilized to oppose FOP’s demands. Schools for kids, not for cops! Learn more about the [...]

It has been eight and half months since General Order 18.8A went into effect in Cook County in September 2017. The Order instructs bond court judges to set money bonds in amounts that people can [...]

We are delighted to be partnering with Sapelo Square, MPower Change, and Sirat Chicago for the first-ever Believers Bail Out! This Ramadan, the Believers Bail Out will raise money [...]

CCBF organizer Lavette is featured in today’s Chicago Tribune talking about how pretrial incarceration impacted her as a mother and how it continues to impact her children today. Join us [...]

The Chicago Community Bond Fund (CCBF) invites you to a night of great food, drinks, conversation, and music at our 2018 Summer Party. The party will feature:– A conversation discussing the [...]