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Last night, CCBF posted bond for the 75th person we’ve freed from Cook County Jail or house arrest with electronic monitoring. CCBF remains committed to fighting alongside criminalized [...]

CCBF advocate Lavette Mayes has just published her first piece of writing with the wonderful Truthout! In it, Lavette details her experience in Cook County Jail and at home on electronic [...]

On April 12, 2017, CCBF posted $3,000 to free Sherrif from Cook County Jail. Sherrif is a 22-year-old community leader and father of two. He was arrested on April 7, 2017, and a judge set his [...]

CCBF was honored to be able to support yesterday’s third annual Incarcerated Mother’s Day Vigil and Toiletry Drive organized by Moms United Against Violence and Incarceration. The [...]

We are excited to be co-sponsoring the Mother’s Day Vigil outside Cook County Jail, which is organized annually by Moms United Against Violence and Incarceration. Please join us and several [...]

On March 22, the Chicago Community Bond Fund posted $7,500 in bond for Michael, enabling him to reunite with his two-year-old child at home in Minnesota. Michael’s family contributed $2,500 [...]

A year ago yesterday, Pierre Loury was shot and killed by Chicago Police. Pierre, a 16 year-old resident of the West Side, was trying to climb the back fence to his home in North Lawndale when [...]

Last September, CCBF posted $3,100 to free Doris from Cook County Jail. Doris is 66 years old and a resident of Chicago’s South Side. She was charged with welfare fraud crimes and spent almost [...]

We are happy to be featured in this great new article and video from The Christian Science Monitor on bail reform in America! “Chicago Community Bond Fund (CCBF) has posted more than [...]

CCBF is excited to announce that on March 9th, Matthew was found not guilty of his criminal charge after a bench trial! Matthew was arrested on January 20, 2017, when tens of thousands of people [...]