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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 [...]

CCBF member Lavette is speaking on this WTTW – Chicago PBS panel next Saturday, May 20th! Come out to the lovely Chicago Cultural Center from 2-4pm for a free screening of Rikers: An [...]

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 2nd of this year, the Chicago Community Bond Fund posted $5,000 in bond to free Ivan from Cook County Jail. Posting Ivan’s bond allowed him to reunite with his three children, who [...]

Read part one of a new story about CCBF’s work from Shadowproof: “The most effective prisoner solidarity efforts work to address the immediate harm of incarceration while fighting to [...]

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 [...]

On April 4th, CCBF posted bond to free Cody and Ron from Cook County Jail. They were both arrested on Saturday, April 1st at a Hood2Hood community engagement program and neighborhood cleanup in [...]

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 [...]