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The Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice along with the 84 community, faith, legal, health, policy, and advocacy organizations have sent a letter to the Cook County Board of Commissioners, [...]

We are saddened to learn of CTA worker Julian Mobley’s death and our hearts go out to his family and friends. It is disappointing, but unsurprising, that Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen [...]

The Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice and more than 55 community, faith, policy, and service-providing organizations sent a letter to the Cook County Board of Commissioners calling on them to [...]

It has been three years since Illinois made history by implementing the Pretrial Fairness Act and becoming the first state in the country to completely end the use of money bond. Overall, the [...]

Three years ago today, Illinois made history by implementing the Pretrial Fairness Act and becoming the first state in the country to completely eliminate money bail. Since then, there has been a [...]

In recent years, Cook County Jail has had a dramatic increase in the number of incarcerated people who have lost their lives. The jail experienced its highest mortality rate on record in 2023, [...]

We are disappointed but unsurprised to see the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board supporting Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke’s regressive call to repeal the Pretrial Fairness Act’s [...]

In August 2026, when a Cook County judge denied the State’s Attorney’s motion to detain a driver who fatally struck a young lady and instead placed him on electronic monitoring, Illinois [...]

In an op-ed published by the Chicago Tribune, Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke called to roll back the human rights protections for people subjected to electronic monitoring [...]

Today, the Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice is proud to share “Changing Landscapes: Community Court-Watchers’ Observations of the Second Year of Pretrial Fairness Act Implementation,” [...]