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On Monday, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Cook County Sheriff’s Office must continue to adhere to a majority of the lower court’s orders regarding conditions inside [...]

Today, hundreds of people rallied outside Cook County Jail calling for the County Board of Commissioners to divest from the jail and invest in the Black communities most harmed by [...]

In solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movements call to defund the police and invest money in Black and Brown communities, people are coming together this morning for a car caravan and rally [...]

Today, Chicago Community Bond Fund delivered a petition signed by more than 2,500 people calling on Cook County State’s Attorney Kimberly Foxx to implement four specific policies in response to [...]

Judge denies Sheriff’s request to stay the preliminary injunction, says Sheriff “has not made a ‘strong showing’ of likelihood of success” on appeal. Today, federal judge Matthew Kennelly denied [...]

More than 15 declarations filed in federal court on behalf of people incarcerated in the jail describe unsanitary conditions, a lack of hygiene products, and difficulty social distancing.  [...]

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March, the number of people placed on house arrest with sheriff’s electronic monitoring (EM) has exploded. There are currently more than 3,150 people [...]

William Sobczyk has become the seventh person to die from COVID-19 while in the custody of Cook County Jail (CCJ). Prior to being hospitalized, Mr. Sobczyk was incarcerated in the Cermak Health [...]

Today, community members are marking what would have been Nickolas Lee’s 43th birthday with a rally outside of Cook County Jail to call for the mass release of people incarcerated during the [...]

In an article released today, the Chicago Tribune has attacked Chicago Community Bond Fund (CCBF) for paying bond for people who cannot afford it themselves. As much as this is an attack on [...]