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The Challenging E-Carceration campaign is changing the conversation about the use of electronic monitoring (EM). This interview with James Kilgore breaks down the harmful effects of EM and the [...]

Across Illinois, a movement for pretrial justice is growing. Join the Coalition to End Money Bond for the first gathering of the Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice on July 13, 2019 in [...]

Late last week, Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans released a new report about bond reform and its impact in Cook County. Notably, the court also released case-level data for the first time, [...]

The second of three listening sessions organized by the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Pretrial Practices took place in Urbana this past Monday, May 6, 2019. The Coalition to End Money Bond [...]

Yesterday, the Coalition to End Money Bond was in Springfield for the Illinois House of Representatives Judiciary-Criminal Committee subject matter hearing on bond reform. Coalition members [...]

The Coalition to End Money Bond is proud to support HB 2689, the Pretrial Data Act. This bill calls for the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority to collect and publish key data about [...]

Two years ago, the Illinois legislature passed the Bail Reform Act of 2017. That bill was an important first step toward fixing our unjust pretrial system. Now, Illinois is at a crossroads. While [...]

This past Monday, the Coalition to End Money Bond was in Springfield for the first of three public hearings being hosted by the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Pretrial Practices. These [...]

On April 10, 2019, the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Pretrial Practices announced it will be hosting public hearings on pretrial justice and accepting written comments through June 30th of [...]

Last month, the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Pretrial Practices released its preliminary report on statewide bond practices. While the report is short on new findings or revelations, the [...]