Archives

General Order 18.8A went into effect in September 2017. The Order instructs judges to set money bonds only in amounts that people can afford to pay. Immediately after the Order went into effect, [...]

In September 2017, Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans issued General Order 18.8A, which instructs judges to set money bonds only in amounts that people can afford to pay. Despite this Order, [...]

Last summer, Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans issued General Order 18.8A. The Order went into effect on September 18, 2017, and it states that no person is to be incarcerated in Cook County [...]

General Order 18.8A states that no one should be “held in custody prior to trial solely because [they] cannot afford to post bail.” In the three months after the Order was [...]

These notices are now up outside trial courtrooms at 26th and California, the main criminal courthouse in Cook County. They state that people who are in jail without bail or because they cannot [...]

On Tuesday, June 26, 2018, we paid bond to free our 150th person from Cook County Jail (CCJ). Since our founding in 2015, CCBF has posted more than $800,000 through our revolving bail fund to [...]

It has been more than nine months since General Order 18.8A went into effect in Cook County, directing judges to set money bonds only in amounts that people can afford to pay. Since then, the [...]

It has been eight and half months since General Order 18.8A went into effect in Cook County in September 2017. The Order instructs bond court judges to set money bonds in amounts that people can [...]

“Chief Circuit Court Judge Timothy Evans ordered his judges to ensure “the defendant has the present ability to pay the amount necessary to secure his or her release on bail.” “Defendants [...]

“‘Even though the practices of bond court have changed significantly, we are a long way from where we want to be and where the order would like us to be,’ [Sharlyn] Grace said. [...]