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Ending Money Bail Makes Communities Safer, Fairer, and Protects Due Process
This statement from the Chicago Council of Lawyers was originally [...]
Findings: Access to Diversion Programs for Low-Level, “Non-Violent” Felonies has Improved since Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx Took Office
The Chicago Council of Lawyers and our collaboration partners, Chicago [...]
VICTORY: Governor Pritzker Abolishes Money Bail by Signing HB 3653 – The SAFE-T Act – into Law
On Monday, February 22, 2021, Governor Pritzker signed HB 3653 SFA2: [...]
Letter to Governor Pritzker: Support for HB 3653
On January 13, 2021, the Illinois General Assembly passed a [...]
We analyzed 536,000 CPD arrest records spanning a period from 2014 to 2020. Here’s what we found.
INCOMMUNICADO DETENTION Arrested and deprived of communication without being charged [...]
Rethinking and Reinvesting in Justice – Thank You for Supporting October 2020 Virtual Forum Series!
Every October, the Collaboration for Justice of Chicago Appleseed & [...]
Eliminating Money Bond is an Evidence-Based, Common Sense Approach to Combat Mass Incarceration
This morning, the Chicago Tribune published an attack on bail [...]
Sheriff Tom Dart is pushing a concerning bill through the Illinois legislature that would give unprecedented power to jail officials to lengthen individuals’ prison sentences due to discipline violations.
By Sarah Staudt, Senior Policy Analyst and Staff Attorney SB [...]
Ensuring the Public Defense of Indigent Criminal Defendants in Cook County (August 2015)
The Criminal Justice Advisory Committee (CJAC) is a joint group [...]
