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CCBF is hiring for several internships for the fall semester with an anticipated start date of September 6, 2022 or shortly thereafter. All applicants must be committed to racial justice and [...]

Over the past few months, several families have been scammed out of thousands of dollars in desperate attempts to free their loved ones incarcerated in Cook County Jail. In some cases, people who [...]

On July 6, 2022, the Wisconsin Supreme Court announced a 4-3 ruling related to the state’s affirmative defense law. This ruling means Chrystul Kizer and her legal team will have the opportunity [...]

On June 14th, 2022, Raheem Hatter lost his life while caged inside Cook County Jail. He was found unresponsive on the floor of his cell with severe injuries to his head. His death was ruled a [...]

Chicago Community Bond Fund (CCBF) is a non-profit organization dedicated to ending the use of money bond and pretrial incarceration. Through a revolving bail fund, CCBF has paid over $5,000,000 [...]

This month, the Chicago Reader and TRiiBE published two investigative pieces highlighting the experiences of Shannon Ross, Jeremy “Mohawk” Johnson, and [...]

This November, CCBF will celebrate the seventh anniversary of our launch. In just seven years, we have helped win policy changes that dramatically reduced the number of people incarcerated in [...]

Chicago Community Bond Fund seeks a second Legal Advocacy Coordinator to support CCBF’s revolving bail fund by facilitating the bond posting process; tracking and documenting case progress and [...]

More than 65 community, faith, legal and policy organizations from across Chicago have signed an open letter calling for the Mayor to address gun violence by focusing on addressing its root [...]

CCBF provides periodic public updates on the operations of our Revolving Fund in order to remain transparent and accountable to the community that makes our work possible. Our last detailed [...]