Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice
@endmoneybond.bsky.social
Working to #EndMoneyBail & pretrial incarceration across Illinois. We work for racial justice & freedom.
Amid funding cuts and increased criminalization, learn how organizers on the frontlines continue to push for solutions to the ongoing overdose epidemic, and adapted their initiatives to a changing environment.
Join us & our partners on 11/19 at 7pm at UChicago: bit.ly/HRnextsteps
Join us & our partners on 11/19 at 7pm at UChicago: bit.ly/HRnextsteps
November 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Amid funding cuts and increased criminalization, learn how organizers on the frontlines continue to push for solutions to the ongoing overdose epidemic, and adapted their initiatives to a changing environment.
Join us & our partners on 11/19 at 7pm at UChicago: bit.ly/HRnextsteps
Join us & our partners on 11/19 at 7pm at UChicago: bit.ly/HRnextsteps
"New report from the Data Collaborative for Justice, drawing on nearly 18 months of statewide court data, finds that NY's initial bail reform law did not increase overall recidivism in suburban and upstate regions — and in some cases reduced long-term reoffending."
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New York Bail Reform Did Not Increase Recidivism, Study Finds - Davis Vanguard
A new report from the Data Collaborative for Justice finds that New York's initial bail reform law did not increase overall recidivism in suburban and upstate regions, and in some cases reduced long-t...
davisvanguard.org
November 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"New report from the Data Collaborative for Justice, drawing on nearly 18 months of statewide court data, finds that NY's initial bail reform law did not increase overall recidivism in suburban and upstate regions — and in some cases reduced long-term reoffending."
davisvanguard.org/2025/11/new-...
davisvanguard.org/2025/11/new-...
Pretrial jailing in Cook County has increased dramatically since Eileen O'Neill Burke took office last year. Come learn about the harmful policies she has put in place and how communities are fighting back.
Register here: actionnetwork.org/events/commu...
Register here: actionnetwork.org/events/commu...
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Pretrial jailing in Cook County has increased dramatically since Eileen O'Neill Burke took office last year. Come learn about the harmful policies she has put in place and how communities are fighting back.
Register here: actionnetwork.org/events/commu...
Register here: actionnetwork.org/events/commu...
We were in Bloomington-Normal this week, while in town we gave four teach-ins at ISU! Over the course of three & half hours, we talked to more than 100 students about the Pretrial Fairness Act.
Want to host us for a public education event? Email: info @ endmoneybond.org
Want to host us for a public education event? Email: info @ endmoneybond.org
October 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
We were in Bloomington-Normal this week, while in town we gave four teach-ins at ISU! Over the course of three & half hours, we talked to more than 100 students about the Pretrial Fairness Act.
Want to host us for a public education event? Email: info @ endmoneybond.org
Want to host us for a public education event? Email: info @ endmoneybond.org
Last week, our members testified the Cook County Board of Commissioners meeting. We called on the Board to freeze law enforcement spending to protect funding for essential services like violence prevention, behavioral health, and community investment to reduce intra-community violence.
October 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Last week, our members testified the Cook County Board of Commissioners meeting. We called on the Board to freeze law enforcement spending to protect funding for essential services like violence prevention, behavioral health, and community investment to reduce intra-community violence.
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Chicago-area friends, let's support the things that have helped support communities and prevent crime. In the face of federal defunding of proven strategies, Cook County needs to invest in health and prevention.
More than 60 organizations have joined us to call on Cook County to protect funding for essential services like violence prevention, behavioral health, and community investment to reduce intra-community violence by freezing law enforcement spending.
Read more: endmoneybond.org/2025/10/09/6...
Read more: endmoneybond.org/2025/10/09/6...
60+ Organizations Call on Cook County to Freeze Law Enforcement Spending to Protect Social Services - Coalition to End Money Bond
More than 60 community, faith, policy, and service-providing organizations have joined the Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice to call on the Cook County Board of Commissioners to take action in res...
endmoneybond.org
October 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Chicago-area friends, let's support the things that have helped support communities and prevent crime. In the face of federal defunding of proven strategies, Cook County needs to invest in health and prevention.
Reposted by Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice
The real solution to community safety is not more money for police and prosecutors. The invasion of federal agents proves that. It's housing, violence prevention, guaranteed income, and other supports. Join us in calling for Cook County to use the solutions that work to keep us all safe.
More than 60 organizations have joined us to call on Cook County to protect funding for essential services like violence prevention, behavioral health, and community investment to reduce intra-community violence by freezing law enforcement spending.
Read more: endmoneybond.org/2025/10/09/6...
Read more: endmoneybond.org/2025/10/09/6...
60+ Organizations Call on Cook County to Freeze Law Enforcement Spending to Protect Social Services - Coalition to End Money Bond
More than 60 community, faith, policy, and service-providing organizations have joined the Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice to call on the Cook County Board of Commissioners to take action in res...
endmoneybond.org
October 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The real solution to community safety is not more money for police and prosecutors. The invasion of federal agents proves that. It's housing, violence prevention, guaranteed income, and other supports. Join us in calling for Cook County to use the solutions that work to keep us all safe.
More than 60 organizations have joined us to call on Cook County to protect funding for essential services like violence prevention, behavioral health, and community investment to reduce intra-community violence by freezing law enforcement spending.
Read more: endmoneybond.org/2025/10/09/6...
Read more: endmoneybond.org/2025/10/09/6...
60+ Organizations Call on Cook County to Freeze Law Enforcement Spending to Protect Social Services - Coalition to End Money Bond
More than 60 community, faith, policy, and service-providing organizations have joined the Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice to call on the Cook County Board of Commissioners to take action in res...
endmoneybond.org
October 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
More than 60 organizations have joined us to call on Cook County to protect funding for essential services like violence prevention, behavioral health, and community investment to reduce intra-community violence by freezing law enforcement spending.
Read more: endmoneybond.org/2025/10/09/6...
Read more: endmoneybond.org/2025/10/09/6...
Last month, Governor Pritzker signed the FAIR Act into law.
Next summer, the state will undertake the work of launching a statewide office for public defense.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/29/n...
Next summer, the state will undertake the work of launching a statewide office for public defense.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/29/n...
New law has Illinois creating statewide office to support public defenders amid ongoing justice reforms
To help overworked public defenders, the so-called FAIR Act calls for providing county public defenders with access to more attorneys, forensic experts, paralegals and other office staff members.
www.chicagotribune.com
October 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Last month, Governor Pritzker signed the FAIR Act into law.
Next summer, the state will undertake the work of launching a statewide office for public defense.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/29/n...
Next summer, the state will undertake the work of launching a statewide office for public defense.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/29/n...
"Organizations supporting survivors of gender-based violence tend to operate in silos, without direct collaboration with criminal legal reform work. But advocates in both spaces partnered together to support Illinois’ bail reform law."
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Trump says ending cash bail endangers women. Advocates say it protects them.
Recent reforms now require safety risk assessments when considering pretrial release from jail. These can benefit women on multiple levels, from those accused of crimes to survivors of gender-based vi...
19thnews.org
October 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
"Organizations supporting survivors of gender-based violence tend to operate in silos, without direct collaboration with criminal legal reform work. But advocates in both spaces partnered together to support Illinois’ bail reform law."
19thnews.org/2025/10/cash...
19thnews.org/2025/10/cash...
This year, communities across the country have been forced to make difficult budgetary decisions due to federal funding withheld by the Trump administration. Read our blog post:
endmoneybond.org/2025/07/29/c...
endmoneybond.org/2025/07/29/c...
Cook County Must Freeze Law Enforcement Spending to Protect Essential Social Services - Coalition to End Money Bond
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 viole...
endmoneybond.org
September 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This year, communities across the country have been forced to make difficult budgetary decisions due to federal funding withheld by the Trump administration. Read our blog post:
endmoneybond.org/2025/07/29/c...
endmoneybond.org/2025/07/29/c...
Today, Illinois celebrates the second anniversary of the successful implementation of the Pretrial Fairness Act and the end of money bond!
Read our full statement here: endmoneybond.org/2025/09/18/c...
Read our full statement here: endmoneybond.org/2025/09/18/c...
September 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Today, Illinois celebrates the second anniversary of the successful implementation of the Pretrial Fairness Act and the end of money bond!
Read our full statement here: endmoneybond.org/2025/09/18/c...
Read our full statement here: endmoneybond.org/2025/09/18/c...
Next week marks two years since Illinois implemented the Pretrial Fairness Act and ended money bail. Join us & some special guests on Tuesday at 6pm an online event marking this historic anniversary.
Register: bit.ly/Pushing4Pretrial
Register: bit.ly/Pushing4Pretrial
September 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Next week marks two years since Illinois implemented the Pretrial Fairness Act and ended money bail. Join us & some special guests on Tuesday at 6pm an online event marking this historic anniversary.
Register: bit.ly/Pushing4Pretrial
Register: bit.ly/Pushing4Pretrial
For the last five years, volunteers with Chicago Community Jail Support have been outside Cook County Jail supporting people who are being released.
This work is especially challenging because Sheriff Dart is increasingly releasing people in the darkness of night:
www.wbez.org/curious-city...
This work is especially challenging because Sheriff Dart is increasingly releasing people in the darkness of night:
www.wbez.org/curious-city...
Who are the people volunteering outside of Cook County Jail?
Volunteers offer help to those released from the jail; from water to transportation. It’s a challenge when discharges happen after midnight.
www.wbez.org
September 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
For the last five years, volunteers with Chicago Community Jail Support have been outside Cook County Jail supporting people who are being released.
This work is especially challenging because Sheriff Dart is increasingly releasing people in the darkness of night:
www.wbez.org/curious-city...
This work is especially challenging because Sheriff Dart is increasingly releasing people in the darkness of night:
www.wbez.org/curious-city...
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Join us! Register today! bit.ly/PretrialFreedom0916
September 2025 marks two years since Illinois implemented the Pretrial Fairness Act and ended money bail.
Join us and some special guests on Tuesday, September 16th at 6pm for an online event marking this historic anniversary. Register here: forms.gle/Y1mHJuaxq6Wb...
Join us and some special guests on Tuesday, September 16th at 6pm for an online event marking this historic anniversary. Register here: forms.gle/Y1mHJuaxq6Wb...
September 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Join us! Register today! bit.ly/PretrialFreedom0916
Illinois won't bow to the bully.
We ended the unjust money bond system and we're not going back.
Take action to defend the Pretrial Fairness Act: bit.ly/BeatBackTrump
We ended the unjust money bond system and we're not going back.
Take action to defend the Pretrial Fairness Act: bit.ly/BeatBackTrump
September 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Illinois won't bow to the bully.
We ended the unjust money bond system and we're not going back.
Take action to defend the Pretrial Fairness Act: bit.ly/BeatBackTrump
We ended the unjust money bond system and we're not going back.
Take action to defend the Pretrial Fairness Act: bit.ly/BeatBackTrump
Donald Trump is not going to override our democracy by telling Illinois how to run our pretrial system.
We made history by taking the price tag off the presumption of innocence & we're not going back.
Take action to defend the Pretrial Fairness Act: bit.ly/BeatBackTrump
We made history by taking the price tag off the presumption of innocence & we're not going back.
Take action to defend the Pretrial Fairness Act: bit.ly/BeatBackTrump
September 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Donald Trump is not going to override our democracy by telling Illinois how to run our pretrial system.
We made history by taking the price tag off the presumption of innocence & we're not going back.
Take action to defend the Pretrial Fairness Act: bit.ly/BeatBackTrump
We made history by taking the price tag off the presumption of innocence & we're not going back.
Take action to defend the Pretrial Fairness Act: bit.ly/BeatBackTrump
September 2025 marks two years since Illinois implemented the Pretrial Fairness Act and ended money bail.
Join us and some special guests on Tuesday, September 16th at 6pm for an online event marking this historic anniversary. Register here: forms.gle/Y1mHJuaxq6Wb...
Join us and some special guests on Tuesday, September 16th at 6pm for an online event marking this historic anniversary. Register here: forms.gle/Y1mHJuaxq6Wb...
September 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
September 2025 marks two years since Illinois implemented the Pretrial Fairness Act and ended money bail.
Join us and some special guests on Tuesday, September 16th at 6pm for an online event marking this historic anniversary. Register here: forms.gle/Y1mHJuaxq6Wb...
Join us and some special guests on Tuesday, September 16th at 6pm for an online event marking this historic anniversary. Register here: forms.gle/Y1mHJuaxq6Wb...
"Illinois Democrats, advocates bash Trump's executive order banning cashless bail policies while Republicans celebrate"
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Illinois Democrats, advocates bash Trump's executive order banning cashless bail policies while Republicans celebrate
Illinois Democratic lawmakers and advocacy groups that crafted the state's Pretrial Fairness Act are furious that President Donald Trump signed an executive order to end cashless bail policies.
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August 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
"Illinois Democrats, advocates bash Trump's executive order banning cashless bail policies while Republicans celebrate"
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www.wandtv.com/news/stateho...
Trump wants to bring back money bail. Why did Illinois end it?
August 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Trump wants to bring back money bail. Why did Illinois end it?
Illinois is defending the Pretrial Fairness Act. We will not bow down to Trump.
Read our statement on the President's attack on the end of money bail in Illinois:
endmoneybond.org/2025/08/25/i...
Read our statement on the President's attack on the end of money bail in Illinois:
endmoneybond.org/2025/08/25/i...
Illinois Defends the Pretrial Fairness Act. We Will Not Bow Down to Trump. - Coalition to End Money Bond
Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order aimed at forcing states that have ended or reduced the use of money bail in the pretrial process to reverse those policies. This executive order comes ...
endmoneybond.org
August 25, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Illinois is defending the Pretrial Fairness Act. We will not bow down to Trump.
Read our statement on the President's attack on the end of money bail in Illinois:
endmoneybond.org/2025/08/25/i...
Read our statement on the President's attack on the end of money bail in Illinois:
endmoneybond.org/2025/08/25/i...
President Trump has issued an executive order aimed at forcing states that have ended or reduced the use of money bail in the pretrial process to reverse those policies.
Tell Governor Pritzker & your legislators to defend the Pretrial Fairness Act: actionnetwork.org/letters/beat...
Tell Governor Pritzker & your legislators to defend the Pretrial Fairness Act: actionnetwork.org/letters/beat...
Beat Back Trump’s Attack on the Pretrial Fairness Act!
President Trump has said he wants to end the Pretrial Fairness Act and bring back money bail in Illinois. We are asking people from across the state to call on their legislators and Governor Pritzker ...
actionnetwork.org
August 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
President Trump has issued an executive order aimed at forcing states that have ended or reduced the use of money bail in the pretrial process to reverse those policies.
Tell Governor Pritzker & your legislators to defend the Pretrial Fairness Act: actionnetwork.org/letters/beat...
Tell Governor Pritzker & your legislators to defend the Pretrial Fairness Act: actionnetwork.org/letters/beat...
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Mass incarceration *is* an economic justice issue.
It's no coincidence that the poorest & most vulnerable communities are also the most policed.
It's no coincidence that the poorest & most vulnerable communities are also the most policed.
August 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Mass incarceration *is* an economic justice issue.
It's no coincidence that the poorest & most vulnerable communities are also the most policed.
It's no coincidence that the poorest & most vulnerable communities are also the most policed.
Reposted by Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice
Since Illinois eliminating cash bail, this is probably the biggest change for the better to our criminal justice system. This is a huge deal for protecting people's constitutional rights!
Yesterday, @govpritzker.illinois.gov signed the FAIR Act into law!
This historic legislation creates a Statewide Public Defender Office, marking the first major overhaul of the state’s trial-level public defense system since 1949.
endmoneybond.org/2025/08/16/g...
This historic legislation creates a Statewide Public Defender Office, marking the first major overhaul of the state’s trial-level public defense system since 1949.
endmoneybond.org/2025/08/16/g...
Governor Pritzker Signs the FAIR Act into Law! - Coalition to End Money Bond
Yeseterday, Governor JB Pritzker signed the FAIR (Funded Advocacy & Independent Representation) Act into law. Advocates and public defenders across Illinois are celebrating this meaningful and long ov...
endmoneybond.org
August 16, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Since Illinois eliminating cash bail, this is probably the biggest change for the better to our criminal justice system. This is a huge deal for protecting people's constitutional rights!
Reposted by Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice
We are calling on the Cook County Board to protect funding for essential services like violence prevention, behavioral health, and community investment instead of investing more in prosecution and incarceration. Learn more from @endmoneybond.bsky.social.
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Cook County Must Freeze Law Enforcement Spending to Protect Essential Social Services - Coalition to End Money Bond
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…
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August 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
We are calling on the Cook County Board to protect funding for essential services like violence prevention, behavioral health, and community investment instead of investing more in prosecution and incarceration. Learn more from @endmoneybond.bsky.social.
buff.ly/R1YPzcY
buff.ly/R1YPzcY