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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 [...]

Yesterday, Kim Foxx announced that she will start working with the Sheriff’s and Public Defender’s Offices to allow several dozen people held on bonds of $1,000 or less for nonviolent [...]

Yesterday, CCBF posted $1,600 to free the only person held on bond following Friday’s inauguration protests. Just 24 hours after having bond set on his misdemeanor battery charge, the [...]

On Christmas Eve, CCBF posted $5,000 to free Andre from Cook County Jail. He had been locked up for more than five months because he couldn’t pay the bond he was given after being arrested [...]

Check out this article in Pacific Standard documenting how advocates in Chicago (us!), New York, and beyond are fighting GOP moneymen, and major insurance companies, to end the predatory practice.

Last year, we posted $257,650 in bond to free 59 people from Cook County Jail or house arrest. This graphic displays how our revolving fund works. For more details on what we accomplished last [...]

Thanks to Devoureaux “King Detro” Wolf for sharing his story with Chicago magazine! “The King had spent over a month awaiting trial in Cook County Jail when he heard about a [...]

Wednesday night before Thanksgiving, CCBF posted bond for Andrea so that she could celebrate at home with her family. Andrea is a 33 year old mother of three who was incarcerated in Cook County [...]

We’re so grateful to Adele and all of the other musicians who submitted tracks to this mix tape that benefits CCBF! There are many, many ways to resist Trump and everything he stands for, [...]

This morning, prosecutors dismissed the robbery charges against Tyler, the third person CCBF ever posted bond for! Back in February, CCBF posted $2,500 to get Tyler off of electronic monitoring, [...]