This month marks one year without money bail in Illinois. Our work continues but we will no longer organize under the Coalition to End Money Bond name. Going forward, all of our work will take place as the Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice. endmoneybond.org/2024/09/03/sun…

Today, the Joliet Police & the Will County State’s Attorney held a press conference regarding “Operation Street Sweeper.” During the presser, State’s Attorney Glasgow shared misleading & untruthful information about the Pretrial Fairness Act. Read more: endmoneybond.org/2024/09/05/wil…

Without active fact checking these debates serve only to platform Trump’s lies. These moderators are useless.

Wednesday marks one year without money bail in Illinois. Pretrial jailing and crime rates are down. cbsnews.com/chicago/news/c…

"Since the Pretrial Fairness Act took effect, defendants are spending significantly less time in jail while awaiting trial. The number of defendants detained for more than 3 days after the initial hearing decreased from 31% to 8% in 21 counties examined." chicagotribune.com/2024/09/15/the…

@om3 Trinity UCC One year after implementation, the Pretrial Fairness Act has: - Significantly reduced pretrial jailing. - Saved marginalized communities $140 million that would have been spent on money bonds. - Ensured that pretrial hearing are more robust. And that's only the beginning.

Illinois became the first state to eliminate cash bail one year ago. New preliminary research shows that crime has not gone up in Illinois since the Pretrial Fairness Act was implemented. Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx reflects on the rhetoric used a year ago.

it's magic, I swear to god

Under the money bond system, detention hearings were brief. The Pretrial Fairness is ensuring that hearings are more robust. Loyola Chicago Center for Criminal Justice found the length of detention hearings increased after implementation to a median length of 10–30 minutes.

Very excited to be hosting @MRogers097 in the Centre for Ethics this Friday! For those who cannot make it in person you are welcome to join online.

The last time a majority of whites voted for the democratic nominee for president is the year the Beatles came to America 2020: 57% of white men and 53% of white women voted for Trump. And the person the democratic party will deploy to scold white voters is - who again?

As Election Day approaches, we are unsurprised to see a surge in misinformation about the end of money bond. This is a friendly reminder that rigorous, transparent research from professors at Loyola University was published last month. Read it here: pfa-1yr.loyolaccj.org

Trump 2024 votes = 72,560,841 (50.9%) Trump 2020 votes = 74,223,369 (46.9%) Right now he has less votes in 24’ than 20’ (but votes are still being counted) So - is the story right now really massive realignment/mandate given Trump likely won’t reach Biden’s record 81M+ votes

Last week, we were in Rockford with State Representative Dave Vella to hear about community members' experiences with public defense & the urgent need for statewide reform. IL needs a statewide office of Public Defense, tell your legislators to pass the FAIR Act: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-y…

More than 50 community, legal, policy organizations, and service providers are calling on the Cook County Board of Commissioners to support a proposal to streamline Cook County’s two electronic monitoring systems under the Office of the Chief Judge. endmoneybond.org/2024/11/19/50-…

The open to Joy Reid's final MSNBC show: "When you are in the midst of a crisis and specifically a crisis of democracy, how do you resist – when fascism isn't just coming, It's already here?"

The The Washington Post tracked where Trump's forces are patrolling in Washington. Spoiler alert: They're not where the crime is.

The boxing main events HAVE TO be EARLIER. 11pm (or later) ain't it. #Boxing If you want to "fix boxing," start there. #Boxeo

I've lawyered up, The Washington Post. Let's go. nytimes.com/2025/09/24/bus…

The seminary created the Jackson Oral History Project in honor of Jackson to preserve stories from the civil rights movement in Chicago, including the Breadbasket Movement that helped promote more job opportunities for African Americans. cbsnews.com/chicago/news/c…