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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 [...]

On September 19, 2018, Edward Robinson died in the Lake County Jail. He was just 32 years old. Earlier this month, Mr. Robinson’s cause of death was revealed to be hypothermia. We are [...]

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 [...]

Devoureaux Wolf, better known as King Detro, is Chicago’s footwork king. Reigning from Chicago’s West Side, Devoureaux has won countless dance competitions, hosted WalaCam, and [...]

This morning, CCBF gave testimony about the Sheriff’s jail budget at a County Board hearing. We argued that Cook County should divest from pretrial incarceration and invest in criminalized [...]