General

We are disappointed but unsurprised to see President Trump once again calling to repeal the Pretrial Fairness Act and bring money bail back to Illinois. Whether it’s gutting the social safety [...]

We are calling on the Cook County Board of Commissioners to protect funding for essential services like violence prevention, behavioral health, and community investment to reduce intra-community [...]

Our heart goes out to Megan Bos’s family. Losing a child is unimaginable, and we cannot begin to comprehend the pain her family must be experiencing. Unfortunately, as has been the norm for those [...]

Upon taking office as the Cook County State’s Attorney, Eileen O’Neill Burke has implemented several policy changes that are contributing to a rise in pretrial jailing. It is notable that there [...]

On November 6, 2024, police responding to a 911 call found a father conducting chest compressions on his two-year-old child. Soon after, the child died. At this moment, we should be reflecting on [...]

Last night, the Illinois legislature passed a budget which includes continued funding for the Pretrial Success Grant Program! State funding withheld by the Trump administration created a budget [...]

After more than a year of organizing from communities across Illinois, the Funded Advocacy & Independent Representation (FAIR) Act (HB3363) has passed the state legislature and will be [...]

In 2023, Illinois became the first state in the country to end money bond and expand access to the presumption of innocence. With more people returning to the community, the Pretrial Success [...]

We are deeply disturbed by Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke’s new policy requiring her attorneys to object when a judge denies a request for detention and instead orders someone [...]

Today, Cook County judges are expected to stop assigning people awaiting trial to the Sheriff’s electronic monitoring program. Over the next year, the Sheriff’s Office will phase out its [...]