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Read the ruling and declarations filed on behalf of incarcerated people. CHICAGO – A federal judge today ordered Sheriff Thomas Dart to implement social distancing measures for people [...]

This Thursday, April 23, 2020, a federal judge in the Northern District of Illinois will hear arguments on whether or not precautions being taken by Cook County Jail are constitutionally [...]

On Monday, two people incarcerated in Cook County Jail died of COVID-19. Rene Olivo was 42 years old, and Juan Salgado Mendoza 53 years old. The announcement of their deaths comes less than 24 [...]

Yesterday, 64-year-old Karl Battiste died from COVID-19 while in the custody of the Cook County Jail. He had been incarcerated since January 2019 without bond. As of Sunday, April 19, 2020, 395 [...]

Chicago Community Bond Fund and For the People Artists Collective are working together to curate a virtual quilt in remembrance of each individual lost to COVID-19 while incarcerated in Cook [...]

Judge Kennelly rules that Sheriff Dart must implement policies ensuring sanitation, testing, social distancing at intake and the distribution of personal protective equipment. A federal judge in [...]

Last night, Chicago’s city government submitted an amicus brief in support of keeping people incarcerated in Cook County Jail, the epicenter of the nation’s COVID-19 pandemic. This position is [...]

Flo spent 52 in cook County Jail in 2016 because he couldn’t afford to pay his bond. He recorded this message, steeped in his personal experience, speaking to the urgent need to release [...]

Read the complaint and declarations from medical experts and people currently incarcerated in Cook County Jail. A press conference will be aired on CCBF’s Facebook page today at 11am. Late [...]

CCBF first raised the alarm about the threat COVID-19 posed to people incarcerated in Cook County Jail on March 6th. The following week, on March 13th, we were joined by more than 25 advocacy, [...]