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Today, Illinois State Senator Robert Peters and Representative Justin Slaughter filed the Pretrial Fairness Act, a bill that will end money bond and dramatically decrease the number of people [...]

On Tuesday, October 20th, the Illinois General Assembly’s Special Committee on Public Safety is holding a subject matter hearing on ending money bond. The hearing will include structured [...]

In April of this year, Nickolas Lee died after contracting COVID-19 while incarcerated in Cook County Jail. His wife, Cassandra Greer-Lee, fought to save his life. Now, she is fighting to ensure [...]

Every year, Illinois incarcerates over 250,000 people in its 92 county jails. All too often, people are stuck in jail not because a judge required it, but because the accused person can’t afford [...]

Over the weekend, communities across Illinois took action as part of the Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice’s Statewide Day of Action in support of the Pretrial Fairness Act. The Pretrial [...]

Today, the Coalition to End Money Bond is releasing our new report, Protecting Public Health Through Decarceration: Holding Cook County’s Criminal Courts Accountable During the COVID-19 [...]

Every year, Illinois incarcerates over 250,000 people who are awaiting trial. None of these people have been convicted of a crime and most are jailed simply because they can’t afford to pay a [...]

The current socio-political moment represents the most clear convergence of three specific issues in our lifetime: police violence, intra-community violence, and mass incarceration. Join the [...]

Earlier this spring, community pressure in response to the COVID-19 pandemic led the number of people incarcerated in Cook County Jail to drop by more than 1,500 people. On May 9th, it reached [...]

Money bond does not keep people safe.  To that end, the Coalition to End Money Bond is committed to advocating for legislation that takes the money out of the equation when it comes to [...]