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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 [...]

This year, the Coalition to End Money Bond is supporting two bills in the Illinois legislature. First, the Coalition is excited to support HB 2689, the Pretrial Data Act, sponsored by [...]

 Last night, the Coalition to End Money Bond was in Champaign-Urbana for a screening of the ACLU’s animated short films on mass incarceration and “Reclaiming the Crown: The [...]

One year ago today, local media was celebrating the fact that the number of people incarcerated in Cook County Jail dropped to a historic low of 5,909. Today, we are glad to see the number of [...]

Last summer, Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans issued General Order 18.8A. The Order went into effect on September 18, 2017, and it states that no person is to be incarcerated in Cook County [...]

We are grateful to our friends at Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd.and The Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center who put together this letter in support of [...]