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In March 2019, the Coalition to End Money Bond called on the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Pretrial Practices to hold public hearings before making recommendations for reforming statewide [...]

Today, we are proud to share NAMI Chicago‘s powerful written comment and testimony to the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Pretrial Practices! We support NAMI’s calls to [...]

On the morning of June 17, 2019, more than 70 people gathered for a rally in downtown Chicago to support ending money bond and pretrial incarceration. Impacted people, faith leaders, elected [...]

Today, the Coalition to End Money Bond is proud to release “Pursuing Pretrial Freedom: The Urgent Need for Bond Reform in Illinois.” Illinois’ 102 counties are home to 92 different jails. More [...]

Last week, representatives of the Coalition had the pleasure of visiting Peoria to talk about the impact money bond has on our communities and our campaign to end wealth-based incarceration in [...]

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 [...]