Today, Illinois celebrates the second anniversary of the successful implementation of the Pretrial Fairness Act and the end of money bond. Since the law’s implementation, the rates of both pretrial jailing and crime have decreased across Illinois, making our state safer and more just. Throughout the last two years, the Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice […]| Coalition to End Money Bond
In 2021, the Illinois legislature passed the Pretrial Fairness Act. With its implementation in 2023, Illinois became the first state in the country to completely end the use of money bond. Freedom is no longer fee-based, and courts are spending more time & using more information to decide who is released and who is detained […] The post Trump wants to bring back money bail. Why did Illinois end it? appeared first on Coalition to End Money Bond.| 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 after weeks of fearmongering about pretrial reforms from the President. Statement from the Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice: “What the President is trying to […] The post Illinois Defends the Pretrial Fairness Act. We Will Not Bow Down to Trump. appeared first on Coalition to End M...| Coalition to End Money Bond
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. Whether it’s gutting the social safety net, ending funding for violence prevention programs, or calling to repeal effective reforms to our criminal legal system, the President has consistently shown that […]| Coalition to End Money Bond
Our heart goes out to Megan Bos’s family. Losing a child is unimaginable, and we cannot begin to comprehend the pain her family must be experiencing. Unfortunately, as has been the norm for those who opposed the Pretrial Fairness Act, State Representatives Patrick Sheehan and Tom Weber have used this tragedy to attack the state […] The post Republicans Exploit Megan Bos’s Death to Once Again Spread Misinformation about the Pretrial Fairness Act appeared first on Coalition to End Money B...| Coalition to End Money Bond
Upon taking office as the 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. Assistant state’s attorneys are now required to request incarceration for […]| Coalition to End Money Bond
On November 6, 2024, police responding to a 911 call found a father conducting chest compressions on his two-year-old child. Soon after, the child died. At this moment, we should be reflecting on how a case like this could happen while working to ensure that the parents’ surviving six-year-old child is supported. Instead, Illinois House […]| Coalition to End Money Bond
Last night, the Illinois legislature passed a budget which includes continued funding for the Pretrial Success Grant Program! State funding withheld by the Trump administration created a budget crisis in Illinois which put this important program in jeopardy. Thanks to people from across Illinois who spoke out in support of saving this program, funds to […] The post Communities Successfully Defend Pretrial Success Grant Program appeared first on Coalition to End Money Bond.| Coalition to End Money Bond
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 people accused of certain offenses. The Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice condemns this disturbing proposal, which ignores people’s most basic rights and […]| Coalition to End Money Bond
The Volume & Characteristics of Arrests Eligible for Detention| Loyola University of Chicago Center for Criminal Justice
