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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 [...]

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, [...]