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In October, an unidentified 30-year-old man from the Lawndale neighborhood became the fourth person known to have died in the custody of the Cook County Sheriff in 2019. He was incarcerated in a [...]

READ OUR END OF YEAR REPORT HERE! In our fourth year of operation, Chicago Community Bond Fund surpassed one million dollars paid in bond to free people in Cook County from jail or house arrest [...]

This week, CCBF welcomed our newest team member: Malik Alim is the new Campaign Coordinator for the Coalition to End Money Bond! You can read his bio below. Malik Alim is an organizer, [...]

We are proud to unveil “No More Shackles: Arguing Against Pretrial Electronic Monitoring,” a new video created in partnership with MediaJustice, a companion piece to their [...]

On August 19, 2019, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) proposed an amended disparate impact rule that would make it harder for people to fight housing discrimination and [...]

CCBF is tremendously excited to welcome two new staff members to our team this week! Keisa Reynolds is CCBF’s new Deputy Director. Ashlyn Ruga is CCBF’s new intake coordinator.* We [...]

Today, the Cook County’s Sheriff’s Office will be asking the Cook County Board for even more money. Despite a massive 45% decrease in the number of people incarcerated in Cook County [...]

On July 2, 2019, 55-year-old Patrick Tullis was found dead inside his Cook County Jail cell. He was found hanging from his bunk with a bed sheet after spending one week in jail. Patrick is the [...]

In December 2018, CCBF paid $5,000 for Tony* to be released from Cook County Jail and onto house arrest with electronic monitoring (“EM”). CCBF paid Tony’s bond to bring him home to his five year [...]

Yesterday, COPA announced that it ruled the murder of Joshua Beal by off-duty Chicago Police officers justified. We are deeply disturbed by this decision, which is another slap in the face to the [...]