Challenging Electronic Monitoring in Cook County
~En Español abajo~ Join our first-ever local convening focused on the impact of electronic monitoring in the criminal legal and immigration detention systems! The half day event will [...]
Demand Parole for Janet & Janine Africa
Action Alert – PA Parole Board Must Grant Janet and Janine Africa Parole Take action Monday, June 25th – Wednesday, June 27th Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole: 717-787-5699 Send [...]
Thanks for Coming!
hank you so much to everyone who came out last night to celebrate with us at the CCBF Summer Party! We want to thank each of you who joined us to celebrate and commit to the ongoing work of [...]
Believer’s Bail Out Featured in the Chicago Tribune
Last week, the first Believers Bail Out bond was posted to free a father of four from Cook County Jail. We are honored to be partnering with Sapelo Square: An Online Resource on Black Muslims in [...]
Lavette Speaks at the ACLU’s National Conference
CCBF organizer Lavette Mayes speaking at #ACLUcon18 with Jay Ellis of Insecure about the fight to #EndMoneyBail & the 14 months she spent in Cook County Jail [...]
“Jailed For Being Poor: How the Money Bail System Criminalizes Poverty” Webinar
Two weeks ago, CCBF organizer Devoureaux Wolf and CCBF’s Director of Advocacy Irene Romulo participated in UUSC: Unitarian Universalist Service Committee’s webinar on the fight [...]
Marquise’s Case Dismissed After 2.5 Year of Incarceration in Cook County Jail
Today, our friends at Northside Transformative Law Center succeeding in getting Marquise’s murder case dismissed after he spent 2.5 years in Cook County Jail. Marquise’s [...]
Three Years Since the Death of Kalief Browder
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 [...]
Lavette & Believer’s Bail Out Featured on Al Jazeera’s “The Stream”
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 [...]
CCBF Joins International Whores Day Direct Action! Chicago
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 [...]