The first part of the FAIR Act takes effect today, July 1, 2026! The start of implementation of the Funded Advocacy & Independent Representation Act marks the first significant reform to [...]
Varianna Parsons was jailed for 170 days while awaiting trial only to be found not guilty. Unfortunately, she is not alone. While the Pretrial Fairness Act ended Illinois’ use of money bond in [...]
Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza announced her mayoral campaign yesterday railing about crime at a time when murders in Chicago are at a historic low and the city has experienced a significant [...]
In the wee hours of the morning, Illinois’ General Assembly passed a FY2027 budget that includes $1.5 million dollars to extend the Pretrial Success Pilot Program! While we began this session [...]
The Pretrial Success Grants Program has been providing essential support for people awaiting trial but new funding is not currently in the state budget. If the General Assembly doesn’t add it to [...]
Thanks to the Pretrial Success Grants Program, Radical Hospitality Ministries in DuPage County has been providing essential services for people awaiting trial.This program has helped hundreds of [...]
Thanks to a tremendous outpouring of opposition from community members and organizations, the Cook County Sheriff’s Office withdrew its request to purchase BriefCam for monitoring people [...]
Ten years ago today, a small group of community, faith, and policy organizations came together to explore forming a coalition aimed at ending money bond and reducing pretrial jailing in Cook [...]
Tomorrow, the Cook County Board of Commissioners Technology Committee is set to consider a proposal from the Sheriff’s Office to obtain Briefcam for monitoring people incarcerated in Cook County [...]
For a third election cycle in a row, Illinois Republicans are attempting to gin up fear through lies about pretrial reforms in an effort to distract from their party’s historic minorities in the [...]
