Quarterly Update: Bonds Paid in 2022
CCBF wants to remain transparent and accountable to the community that makes our work possible. Therefore, we will continue to provide public updates on the operations of our Revolving Fund. Our [...]
Updates on the Revolving Fund Due to Pretrial Fairness Act Delay
Want to know what CCBF is up to in 2023? Join our upcoming teach-in next Monday, February 27 to learn important updates about our work. RSVP here today and join us! As some of you may know, the [...]
Why Money Bond Harms Survivors
As part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October, CCBF co-hosted a virtual event alongside Women’s Justice Institute and Ascend Justice to hear from survivors who are currently [...]
Commemorating 7 years of Chicago Community Bond Fund
November 21, 2022 marks the 7th anniversary of Chicago Community Bond Fund’s public launch, and we’ve used this occasion to reflect on all the work our community has done. In these past [...]
$5 Million Paid in Bonds, 750 People Freed
As of this month, Chicago Community Bond Fund has paid over $5 million to free more than 750 people in seven years! Just since 2020, CCBF has paid $3.5 million of that total for 540 people [...]
Debunking Fake News about the Pretrial Fairness Act
We know many of you have seen the incredibly harmful, anti-Black, racist, and classist lies from paper mailers and social media about the Pretrial Fairness Act. We want to ensure that you have [...]
ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE PASSES BILL ENDING MONEY BOND
CCBF is thrilled to announce that the Pretrial Fairness Act, our landmark legislation developed with our partners at the Coalition to End Money Bond and the Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice, [...]
More Than 200 People Incarcerated in Cook County Jail Test Positive for COVID-19
More than 200 people incarcerated in Cook County Jail are currently infected with COVID-19. The number of people incarcerated in the jail who have tested positive for the virus has more than [...]
Black Lives Matter Protesters Join Class Action Lawsuit Challenging Illegal Detention of People in the Winnebago County Jail
On Sunday, August 2, 2020, five people incarcerated in the Winnebago County Jail filed a class action lawsuit alleging widespread and systemic violations of the Fourth Amendment rights of people [...]
Major Victory Against Sheriff Dart’s Unlawful Detention Policy in Federal Court of Appeals
Yesterday, on July 23, 2020, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the Plaintiffs in the Williams v. Dart class action lawsuit filed in February 2018 by Thedford Garber Law on [...]