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“We’re just neighbors, just people, showing up. You don’t have to have a social work degree or anything. If you care, show up.” Readers can donate to Chicago Community Jail Support on CashApp [...]

CCBF is tremendously excited to have welcomed four new staff members to our team in the last two months! You can learn more about them below. Santera Matthews joins the Coalition to End [...]

As the sun comes out, and the weather gets warmer, many of us feel ourselves emerging from a cold winter, and a heavy year of loss amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. With vaccines more readily [...]

CCBF strives to maintain transparency and accountability to the larger community that makes all our work possible by providing periodic public updates on the operations of our Revolving Fund. Our [...]

CCBF is excited to announce that we are hiring a Director of Programs and Director of Advocacy. The full job descriptions and instructions for applying can be found below: The Director of [...]

On April 8th, 2021, Alvin Burrage died while in custody of the Cook County Sheriff. Mr. Burrage succumbed to his injuries after being shot by Calumet City Police during a traffic stop on [...]

CCBF is excited to announce that we are hiring a Campaign Coordinator for the Coalition to End Money Bond. The full job description and instructions for applying can be found here. This is an [...]

In March, Davion Owens died while in custody at Cook County jail. He was 23 years old and had been incarcerated in the jail since July 21, 2020.  Mr. Owens’ cause of death is presumed to be [...]

On or around March 11, 2021, Iver D. Short died while incarcerated at Cook County Jail. Mr. Short was 52 years old and was detained for less than 48 hours. On March 11, 2021, Judge Charles Beach [...]

On Sunday, January 17th, Jose Villa died after contracting COVID-19 in Cook County Jail. Mr. Villa, who was 84 years old, tried to have his bail reduced in April 2020, as the jail became one of [...]