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Today is the 62nd anniversary of Gideon v. Wainwright, the Supreme Court case that established the right to counsel in the United States and launched the existence of public defense as we know it [...]

After years of community pressure, Cook County will begin the process of sunsetting the Sheriff’s electronic monitoring program this April. In December, the Cook County Board of Commissioners [...]

First, we will say the only thing worth saying at this moment: our heart breaks for the family of the nine-year-old boy shot earlier this month. We cannot imagine the suffering that this child [...]

For the second year in a row, Peoria City Council is set to vote on a proposal to request that Illinois legislators amend the Pretrial Fairness Act to require mandatory pretrial jailing for [...]

After years of community pressure, Cook County will begin the process of sunsetting the Sheriff’s electronic monitoring program. Today, the Cook County Board of Commissioners passed a budget [...]

Yesterday, more than 50 community, legal, policy organizations, and service providers sent a letter to the Cook County Board of Commissioners in support of the proposal to streamline Cook [...]

During yesterday’s Cook County Budget Hearings, commissioners discussed a plan to consolidate the county’s two electronic monitoring programs under Pretrial Services, a division of the Office of [...]

In a September 17, 2024 letter to Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, outgoing Circuit Clerk Iris Martinez threw a factless grenade at the Pretrial Fairness Act, attempting to discredit [...]

One year ago, Illinois implemented the Pretrial Fairness Act and became the first state in the country to completely end the use of money bond. It is still early, but overall, stakeholders across [...]

Today marks one year since Illinois implemented the Pretrial Fairness Act and became the first state in the country completely end the use of money bond. This historic legislation was designed to [...]