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In July, 2017 Alliyah was escorted into Cook County’s central bond court without knowing what to expect. As the prosecutor began to read the allegations against her, there was no opportunity to [...]

In July, CCBF paid $31,000 to free seven people from Cook County Jail or house arrest with electronic monitoring. We want to recognize that if Cook County had honored their right to pretrial [...]

In December 2018, CCBF paid $5,000 for Tony* to be released from Cook County Jail and onto house arrest with electronic monitoring (“EM”). CCBF paid Tony’s bond to bring him home to his five year [...]

Gordon was released from prison in the early 2000’s without a home to return to. As a result, he spent several years homeless before being able to move in with family. During that time, Gordon [...]

The number of people incarcerated pretrial in Cook County continues to drop to new historic lows, and yet the need to purchase the freedom of other people remains. Last week, CCBF paid bond for [...]

Having grown up on the South Side and around Robert Taylor Homes, Faith* has always been aware of the Chicago Police Department. After months of being harassed by the police in the summer [...]

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 [...]

Yvette’s son, Tim, has been on electronic monitoring at her apartment in South Shore for almost an entire year. CCBF worked with Yvette to pay Tim’s $6,500 bond (a $65,000 D-Bond) and secure his [...]

Yesterday, all criminal charges against Lee Dewey were dropped and their case was resolved as a non-criminal violation of a municipal ordinance!!!! This is a fantastic result, and it is also [...]

Last week, we were featured on WBBM Newsradio! Our Co-Executive Director Sharlyn Grace was interviewed about our revolving fund and how we had just paid bond to free our 150th person from Cook [...]