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Last month, Sheriff Dart announced that he would be unconstitutionally detaining people who have been ordered released so he could conduct additional arbitrary reviews of their current charges [...]

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 [...]

Over the weekend at the Sundance Film Festival, CCBF organizer Lavette Mayes joined Jason Hernandez and Johnny Perez for the premier of a series of animated shorts documenting their stories. The [...]

Download our 2017 Year-End Report Thanks to the powerful & growing movement to #EndMoneyBail, there are 1,500 fewer people in Cook County Jail today than there were just 3 months ago. We [...]

In July 2017, CCBF posted $20,000 to release Kenny, with the help of his family, after he spent over two months in Cook County Jail because he could not afford bond. Kenny’s incarceration [...]

“A common argument for pretrial release on monitors is that it removes the pressure to accept a plea bargain simply to get out of jail. However, the case of Chicago’s Lavette Mayes [...]

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 [...]

After four months of incarceration and another four months on house arrest, a jury found George “not guilty” on July 26th in his aggravated unlawful use of a weapon case. CCBF is thrilled that [...]

Last night, CCBF posted bond for the 75th person we’ve freed from Cook County Jail or house arrest with electronic monitoring. CCBF remains committed to fighting alongside criminalized [...]

On April 12, 2017, CCBF posted $3,000 to free Sherrif from Cook County Jail. Sherrif is a 22-year-old community leader and father of two. He was arrested on April 7, 2017, and a judge set his [...]