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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, [...]

The number of people incarcerated pretrial in Cook County continues to drop to new historic lows, and yet the need to purchase the freedom of other people remains. Last week, CCBF paid bond for [...]

We are excited to announce our newest staff person: Ruby Pinto! Starting today, Ruby will be serving as the Campaign Coordinator for the Coalition to End Money Bond. Since 2014, Ruby has had the [...]

Download our new report on bond reform in Cook County: Shifting Sands: An Investigation Into The First Year of Bond Reform In Cook County One year ago on this day, General Order 18.8A took effect [...]

Today, we visited Rockford, IL with A Just Harvest to talk about the fight to #EndMoneyBail in Illinois! CCBF is excited to be taking this fight statewide in 2019. If [...]

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 [...]

This morning, we proudly stood outside Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s house in solidarity with The People’s Lobby & SOUL – Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation (our partners [...]

We are grateful to our friends at Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd.and The Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center who put together this letter in support of [...]

Earlier this week, the judge in the lawsuit to end money bond in Cook County issued a decision dismissing the case. *This not the decision we wanted, but it is the decision we expected. The civil [...]

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 [...]