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Yesterday, Chicago Community Bond Fund testified alongside representatives of Chicago Appleseed, Target Area Development Corporation, and Cook County Public Defender Amy Campanelli to defeat a [...]

Two weeks ago, Sheriff Dart’s legislative proposal to address pretrial detention was almost laughably inadequate: he proposed allowing the Sheriff’s office to request bond reductions [...]

An incredibly generous anonymous donor secured through Black Lives Matter Chicago is providing $50,000 to get Michael out of Cook County Jail! We plan to post bond for him as soon as possible [...]

On Saturday, an off-duty Chicago Police officer shot & killed Joshua Beale, a 25 year old father of two from Indianapolis. Josh was murdered in the Mount Greenwood neighborhood of Chicago, a [...]

CCBF member Lavette was interviewed by Chicago Tonight about being incarcerated in Cook County Jail for 14 months because she could not post her bond. Watch her interview here!

We are so happy to have been able to post bond for Isaiah last night! Isaiah was incredibly moved that Chicago SQUAD and other members of the #BlackLivesMatter community immediately jumped into [...]

Our first birthday is coming up, and our annual party is just two and a half weeks away!! We posted our first bonds in December 2015; since then, we’ve posted more than $200,000 in bond to [...]

Chicago Community Bond Fund was featured in an ABC 7 Chicago story last night about Bianca Young, a young mother incarcerated for 2 years because she could not pay her outrageous money bail and [...]

Join the Chicago Community Bond Fund for a night of discussion and exploration around the concepts of risk and dangerousness. As we work to abolish monetary bond and end pretrial incarceration, [...]

This morning, Ron’s case was dismissed. By posting a mere $1,000 on his behalf, CCBF was able to prevent Ron from spending the last 9 days in Cook County Jail. Thank you for making this [...]