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Last night, ABC-7 ran a misleading story on the impact of bond reform in Cook County. The one-sided piece was informed by Sheriff Tom Dart, who believes that reforms to Cook County’s pretrial [...]

Two weeks ago, temperatures in Chicago hit a record low -54 windchill. The Cook County courts closed for two days, and a young Black man ended up in jail as a result of the impending confusion. [...]

Cook County Jail is not the largest mental health care provider in the US. It is a place where people with mental health needs who have been criminalized are incarcerated. People need resources, [...]

As of today, the number of people incarcerated at Cook County Jail has reached a new historic low.  There are currently 5,750 people incarcerated at CCJ. When we began this work in 2015, [...]

On December 17, 2018, two Chicago police officers were struck by a Metra train and killed. Police allege that they were pursuing Edward Brown, a 24-year old Black man who had never been arrested [...]

Today, there are 5,888 people incarcerated in Cook County Jail. Of those people, at least 2,500 are being held pretrial simply because they can’t afford to pay a money bail. A recent report [...]

Earlier this month, Chicago Community Bond Fund reached a new milestone: we have now paid over $1,000,000 in bond to free people in Cook County from jail or house arrest with electronic [...]

The holidays can be a wonderful time of the year. They are a time for families to come together, celebrate, and reflect on what they are grateful for. As we gather with our loved ones this [...]

One year ago today, local media was celebrating the fact that the number of people incarcerated in Cook County Jail dropped to a historic low of 5,909. Today, we are glad to see the number of [...]

This morning, the Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Board released an editorial about 19 people who are currently incarcerated in Cook County Jail pretrial on unaffordable money bonds, calling it a [...]