September 2024 - Coalition to End Money Bond

One Year After Implementation, This is What We Know About the Pretrial Fairness Act

One year ago, Illinois implemented the Pretrial Fairness Act and became the first state in the country to completely end the use of money bond. It is still early, but overall, stakeholders across [...]

Celebrating Our First Year Without Money Bond in Illinois

Today marks one year since Illinois implemented the Pretrial Fairness Act and became the first state in the country completely end the use of money bond. This historic legislation was designed to [...]

Will County State’s Attorney Back to Spreading Misinformation About the Pretrial Fairness Act

Today, the Joliet Police Department and Will County State’s Attorney Jim Glasgow held a press conference regarding 21 gun, drug, burglary, and retail theft-related arrests as part of “Operation [...]

Sunsetting the Coalition to End Money Bond & Fully Embracing Our Statewide Movement

In 2016, a small group of base-building organizations, faith leaders, policy experts, service providers, lawyers, and abolitionist community organizers came together to demand Cook County end its [...]