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Every year, more than a quarter of a million people are incarcerated pretrial in jails across Illinois. Most of these people are incarcerated simply because they can’t afford to pay a money bond. [...]

Gun violence in Chicago is at a four year low. Burglaries and robberies are at a 20 year low. All while fewer people were incarcerated in Cook County Jail this year than at any time in the last [...]

Read: “Protecting Pretrial Freedom: Two Years of Bond Reform in Cook County” On September 18, 2017, General Order 18.8A, a Cook County court rule designed to limit the use of money bond, went [...]

For Kam and Kaylen, pretrial incarceration on a money bond was devastating, and its lasting impact continues to this day. Kam was arrested in the fall of 2018 in DuPage County and ordered to pay [...]

On July 5, 2019, Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson held a press conference to announce CPD’s new “Gun Offender Dashboard.” After weeks of putting forward a false narrative [...]

On July 13th, 2019, over 160 people from throughout Illinois came together in Springfield, the state’s capital, to launch a statewide movement to end money bond. The People’s Convening on [...]

After several months of organizing and relationship building, the Coalition to End Money Bond is excited to announce the official launch of the Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice! Current [...]

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 [...]