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Read this important Letter to the Editor about Sheriff Dart’s unfounded fearmongering about public safety, electronic monitoring, & the fight to #EndMoneyBail in Cook County by scholar, [...]

Today, Sheriff Tom Dart attempted to raise alarm bells about the successes of bail reform in Cook County. Both major Chicago newspapers quote Dart and his office regarding the increased number of [...]

Last year, the Chief Judge of Cook County issued General Order 18.8A, which instructs judges to stop issuing money bonds in amounts that people cannot afford. Since then, the number of people [...]

General Order 18.8A, which went into effect for people charged with felonies on September 18, 2017, should now be fully implemented in all misdemeanor courts in Cook County as well. This means [...]

For the first time in decades, there are fewer than 6,000 people in #CookCountyJail: that’s ~1,500 fewer people in just 3 months!!! Let’s keep going until [...]

Volunteers with The Coalition to End Money Bond have consistently observed judges failing to effectively implement Chief Judge Evans’ General Order 18.8A over the first month of its [...]

For a third week in a row, bond court judges failed to implement the Chief Judge’s court order designed to #EndMoneyBail in Cook County.

On September 21st, CCBF posted $5,000 to free Miguel from Cook County Jail. Miguel was arrested in early August and charged with robbery and aggravated battery. After General Order 18.8A went [...]

Courtwatching report back from week 2 of bond court under Judge Evans’ court order designed to#EndMoneyBail in Cook County:

For the second week in a row, volunteers through The Coalition to End Money Bond were in bond court to observe the implementation of an order by Chief Judge Evans aimed at ensuring that no one is [...]