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Devoureaux Wolf, better known as King Detro, is Chicago’s footwork king. Reigning from Chicago’s West Side, Devoureaux has won countless dance competitions, hosted WalaCam, and [...]

This morning, CCBF gave testimony about the Sheriff’s jail budget at a County Board hearing. We argued that Cook County should divest from pretrial incarceration and invest in criminalized [...]

This morning, we were at the County Board hearing on the Chief Judge’s budget. We shared fact sheets on how bail reform has saved the thousands of dollars by reducing the number of people [...]

Today, Chicago Community Bond Fund is proud to release “Communities, Not Cages,” a new report documenting why Cook County should reduce the sheriff’s bloated jail budget. In [...]

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 [...]

This past winter, CCBF worked with Thedford Garber Law to file a class action lawsuit against Sheriff Dart’s practice of unconstitutionally denying people release on Electronic Monitoring [...]

CCBF is proud to unveil a new animated film documenting the fight to #EndMoneyBail in Cook County. More than 2,700 legally innocent people are incarcerated in Cook County jail simply [...]

Yvette’s son, Tim, has been on electronic monitoring at her apartment in South Shore for almost an entire year. CCBF worked with Yvette to pay Tim’s $6,500 bond (a $65,000 D-Bond) and secure his [...]

Four years ago today, 17-year-old DeSean Pittman was shot and killed by Chicago Police. A few days after DeSean’s death, his family gathered for a vigil to uplift his memory. Chicago Police came [...]

Please join our friend Rachel Wallis at this important event this Saturday, where you can help create quilts designed by women in Cook County Jail. The Inheritance Quilt is a collaboration with [...]