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A new filing in the class action lawsuit against Sheriff Dart has revealed that Dart’s practice of unconstitutionally denying people release on Electronic Monitoring was much larger than [...]

“‘Even though the practices of bond court have changed significantly, we are a long way from where we want to be and where the order would like us to be,’ [Sharlyn] Grace said. [...]

Thousands of people are locked up before trial simply because they are too poor to afford bail. We have made progress in decreasing the number of people incarcerated before trial through Chief [...]

Terrific intervention here by a leader with The People’s Lobby, one of our partners in The Coalition to End Money Bond: “…Dart assumes that the best way to deal with violence is [...]

Today, CCBF testified at the county board meeting about the the impact of the Sheriff’s unconstitutional policy of reviewing and refusing the respect the release decisions made by bond court [...]

On September 18th last year, General Order 18.8A went into effect in Cook County. The order states that no one should be held in Cook County Jail because they are unable to pay a money bond. Bond [...]

Our friends at Uptown People’s Law Center and The Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center are speaking truth to power in this new op-ed on Dart’s illegal policy of detaining [...]

“Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart is running into a backlash from the Cook County public defender and other legal advocates of people who are remaining in jail as his office scrutinizes if they [...]

Attorneys for people held in Cook County Jail even after their bonds were paid are challenging the Sheriff’s policy in federal court and also seeking to hold Dart in contempt in state court for [...]

Last fall, CCBF and our partners in the Coalition to End Money Bond organized more than 70 volunteers to monitor the implementation of General Order 18.8A in Cook County’s central bond court. The [...]