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Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice @endmoneybond.bsky.social · 17h

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...

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...

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Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice @endmoneybond.bsky.social · 2d

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...

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.

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Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice @endmoneybond.bsky.social · 6d

"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...

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Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice @endmoneybond.bsky.social · 8d

If you missed this event, you can watch the recording on YouTube! www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UsN...

Pushing for Pretrial Freedom: Celebrating Two Years of the Pretrial Fairness Act

YouTube video by The Coalition to End Money Bond

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Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice @endmoneybond.bsky.social · 19d

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...

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...

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Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice @endmoneybond.bsky.social · 21d

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...

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Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice @endmoneybond.bsky.social · 26d

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

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Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice @endmoneybond.bsky.social · 29d

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...

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

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She Votes Illinois @shevotesil.bsky.social · 29d

Join us! Register today! bit.ly/PretrialFreedom0916

Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice @endmoneybond.bsky.social · Sep 2

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...

Slide features black text reading "Pushing for Pretrial Freedom: Celebrating Two Years of the Pretrial Fairness Act. Tuesday, September 16th at 6pm CDT" over a golden sparkley background. Below that is an image of a diverse group of advocates outside a courthouse caryyinh signs about the Pretrial Fairness Act.

Black text over a golden sparkly background reading:

September 2025 marks two years since Illinois implemented the Pretrial Fairness Act and ended money bail. Join the Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice and some special guests on Tuesday, September 16th at 6pm CDT for “Pushing for Pretrial Freedom: Celebrating Two Years of the Pretrial Fairness Act,” an online event marking this historic anniversary.

This virtual education event will feature conversations with advocates, legislators, and organizers discussing how Illinois has continued to move the fight for pretrial freedom forward after becoming the first state in the country to end money bond.
During this event, you’ll hear:

State Senator Robert Peters (13th District) and David Hogg (Leaders We Deserve) in conversation about how Illinois is redefining community safety.

Champaign County Chief Public Defender Elisabeth Pollock on how the FAIR Act will transform legal representation for Illinoisans who can’t afford an attorney.

Jersey Shabazz (Access Living) & Katrina Baugh (Radical Hospitality Ministries) discussing the Pretrial Success Grants Program and how this investment in voluntary services for people awaiting trial will improve pretrial outcomes.

Updates on implementation of the Pretrial Fairness Act and how after nine years, the Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice continues our work to free more of our neighbors from pretrial jailing.

Join us to celebrate the progress we’ve made in transforming Illinois’ pretrial justice system and learn about the work ahead!

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Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice @endmoneybond.bsky.social · Sep 5

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

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Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice @endmoneybond.bsky.social · Sep 3

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

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Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice @endmoneybond.bsky.social · Sep 2

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...

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Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice @endmoneybond.bsky.social · Aug 30

"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.

www.wandtv.com

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Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice @endmoneybond.bsky.social · Aug 26

Join us in calling on Governor Pritzker and the Illinois legislature to protect the Pretrial Fairness Act!

Take Action: bit.ly/BeatBackTrump

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Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice @endmoneybond.bsky.social · Aug 26

The money bond system destabilized the most marginalized communities in our state and made all of us less safe.

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Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice @endmoneybond.bsky.social · Aug 26

Ending money bond isn't just an economic justice issue, it's a racial justice issue.

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Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice @endmoneybond.bsky.social · Aug 26

Trump wants to bring back money bail. Why did Illinois end it?

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Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice @endmoneybond.bsky.social · Aug 25

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...

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 ...

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Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice @endmoneybond.bsky.social · Aug 25

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...

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 ...

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Prison Policy Initiative @prisonpolicy.org · Aug 22

Mass incarceration *is* an economic justice issue.

It's no coincidence that the poorest & most vulnerable communities are also the most policed.

Graph showing that economic inequality has grown in lockstep with mass incarceration.

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Sophie @sophiavp.bsky.social · Aug 16

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!

Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice @endmoneybond.bsky.social · Aug 16

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...

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...

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The People's Lobby @peopleslobbyusa.bsky.social · Aug 17

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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Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice @endmoneybond.bsky.social · Aug 16

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...

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

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Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice @endmoneybond.bsky.social · Aug 15

"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.

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Pretrial Justice Institute (PJI) @pretrialjustice.bsky.social · Aug 14

🚨 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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