People’s Lobby Speak Out About Sheriff Dart’s EM Policies
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 [...]
CCBF Testifies About Electronic Monitoring at the County Board
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 [...]
UPLC & MacArthur Justice Center Condemn Sheriff’s EM Policy
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 [...]
Bill Introduced To Ensure Ability To Vote While In Jail
Because 94% of people in Cook County Jail are awaiting trial, they are all eligible to vote! Our friends at Chicago Votes have been doing incredible work registering voters in CCJ and this past [...]
George Is Not Guilty!
Last month, Sheriff Tom Dart announced that his office would be reviewing the release decisions being made by Cook County’s Bond Court judges. Since then, Dart has denied release to many [...]
Part 3 of South Side Weekly’s Deep Dive Into Bail Reform
Part three of South Side Weekly’s in-depth look at the movement to #EndMoneyBail in Cook County. This article focuses on the work of the Coalition to End Money Bond, of which CCBF is a [...]
Part Two of South Side Weekly’s In-Depth Look at Money Bail
New article from South Side Weekly takes an in-depth look at CCBF’s origin story and the Coalition to End Money Bond. This week the Coalition to End Money Bond released “Monitoring [...]
EM Lawsuit Featured in Sun Times
“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 [...]
Class Action Lawsuit Challenges Sheriff Tom Dart’s Unlawful Detention of People Ordered Released Pretrial by Cook County Judges
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 [...]
Sheriff Dart Pushes Back on Bail Reform
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 [...]