"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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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...

"Illinois Democrats, advocates bash Trump's executive order banning cashless bail policies while Republicans celebrate" www.wandtv.com/news/stateho...

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...

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...

Mass incarceration *is* an economic justice issue. It's no coincidence that the poorest & most vulnerable communities are also the most policed.

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!

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

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...

"Every Illinoian must resist returning to policies that lock up poor, mostly Black and Brown people, simply because they can't afford bail." Pastor Straight of INPJ member org @peopleslobbyusa.bsky.social. Take action to defend the Pretrial Fairness Act from Trump by going to bit.ly/BeatBackTrump.

🚨 Trump wants to roll back Illinois’ Pretrial Fairness Act and bring back money bail—a system that punishes people for being poor and lets the wealthy walk free. We ended this injustice once. We won’t let him bring it back. Help us protect the Pretrial Fairness Act. 🔗 bit.ly/BeatBackTrump

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President Trump has said he wants to end the Pretrial Fairness Act and bring back money bail in IL. We are asking people from across the state to call on their legislators & Governor Pritzker to defend this historic victory from the Trump administration’s lies: actionnetwork.org/letters/beat...

"During his remarks at the White House, Trump claimed that “every place in the country where you have no cash bail is a disaster.”" Narrator: that was a lie. truthout.org/articles/tru...

Grateful for our friends @endmoneybond.bsky.social telling it like it is. Don’t fall for the fear mongering folks, it’s the oldest trick in the book.

As an endorser of the Pretrial Fairness Act, She Votes Illinois echoes this statement. Illinois is proof that ending money bond makes our communities safer and more just. We won’t let fearmongering undo reforms that work.

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. We will not be bullied by a President who is more concerned with his public image than he is public safety. endmoneybond.org/2025/08/11/t...

The president brought up no cash bail and Chicago today. Here’s a reminder: Data emerging from the Circuit Court of Cook County shows that the law is working thetriibe.com/2024/07/essa...

"Contrary to Trump's rants, Illinois criminal justice reforms have been effective"‪ Thank you @repgreggjohnson.bsky.social‬ & @repguzzardi39.bsky.social‬ for speaking the truth & defending the Pretrial Fairness Act: chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/...

Illinois folks, justice fans, please read about the increase in pretrial detention and get engaged with this organization! Don't let one State's Attorney's policies take away people's pretrial rights!

This is not just shameful on a civil rights level, but it's also a sharp increase in cost to Cook County taxpayers without merit. Violent crime in Chicago is at a low of over a decade now. The jail population should be at all-time lows, not on the rise. O'Neill Burke is going in the wrong direction.

Yesterday, the number of people incarcerated in Cook County Jail rose above 6,000 people for the first time since March 2022. Learn more about how State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke is driving up pretrial jailing: endmoneybond.org/2025/07/15/c...

We are calling on Cook County to protect funding for essential services like violence prevention, behavioral health, and community investment to reduce intra-community violence. Cook County can support these services by freezing law enforcement spending. Read more: endmoneybond.org/2025/07/29/c...

The FAIR Act will create a statewide office of public defense, increasing access to quality legal representation across IL. Take a minute to thank your legislators for passing this legislation & taking a major step towards ending our state's public defense crisis: actionnetwork.org/letters/than...

We are disappointed but unsurprised to see Illinois Republicans & President Trump exploiting a Megan Bos's death to spread misinformation about the Pretrial Fairness Act. Read our full statement:

"Public defenders have "nowhere to go for help," at the mercy of floundering local budgets and local prosecutors’ policy swings. Illinois is creating a statewide office to change that." boltsmag.org/illinois-pub...

Important thread on threats to justice from the policies of new State’s Attorney Burke.

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 has been no rise in crime that would explain this increase in pretrial jailing. Read more: endmoneybond.org/2025/07/15/c...

No one should have to choose between paying the rent or paying a ransom to free a loved one from a county jail. Since taking effect, the Pretrial Fairness Act has kept more than $200 million in Illinois most marginalized communities.

Chicago sees least violent Fourth of July weekend in at least six years. chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2025/0...

Federal funding withheld by Trump created a budget crisis in Illinois which put the Pretrial Success Grants Program at risk. Take a moment to thank your legislators for protecting funding for social services aimed at supporting people awaiting trial: actionnetwork.org/letters/than...

"Experts say the FAIR Act, which awaits the governor’s signature, is the first major reform to come to Illinois’ public defense system since 1949, 14 years before the the right to court-appointed counsel was given." www.wifr.com/2025/07/02/i...

Prior to passing the FAIR Act, Illinois hadn't significantly updated it's system for providing Public Defense since the 1940s. Take a moment to thank your legislators for creating a statewide office of public defense: actionnetwork.org/letters/than...

New dashboard detailing Cook County's criminal legal system shows sharp drop in arrests. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/29/c...

Corey Ulmer was beaten by guards in Cook County Jail and then taken to a hospital where he died. His family has filed a federal lawsuit accusing Sheriff Dart of having a “pattern and practice of covering up or turning a blind eye to the use of excessive force.” www.injusticewatch.org/project/jail...

The police murder of George Floyd led to nationwide protests and the end of money bail in Illinois Five years later, Pastor Otis Moss looks back at the historic protests and the racist backlash that came in their wake. thehill.com/opinion/civi...

Illinois House Republicans are shamefully exploiting a child's death to spread misinformation about pretrial release. Rather than actually working to build up communities and address the root causes of harm and violence, they continue to try and undermine reforms. endmoneybond.org/2025/06/05/i...

NEW — Last month marked five years since millions of people across the U.S. came together in the largest civil rights protests in our nation’s history. One pastor writes, “In parts of the country, many state leaders are retreating from the promises they made.” thetriibe.com/2025/06/pers...

The FAIR Act has passed through both chambers of the state legislature! Illinois will launch a statewide office of public defense in 2027! This marks the first time Illinois has significantly updated its public defense structure since 1949. endmoneybond.org/2025/05/31/i...

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Illinois passed the budget with continued funding for the Pretrial Success Grant Program!

Success!!! 🎉🎉🎉 The Illinois legislature passed a budget which includes continued funding for the Pretrial Success Grant Program! This is a win for Illinois communities!

Last night, the legislature passed a budget which includes continued funding for the Pretrial Success Grant Program! Illinois is going to expand access to mental health & substance use disorder support, transportation, and child care for people awaiting trial! endmoneybond.org/2025/06/01/c...