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BREAKING: Illinois Supreme Court Affirms Constitutionality of the Pretrial Fairness Act

We are thrilled to share that the Illinois Supreme Court has officially handed down a decision upholding the constitutionality of the Pretrial Fairness Act! The community-led, multi-year effort to end wealth based pretrial jailing as punishment from our legal system has won yet another victory over...

Launching our online merchandise shop!

We are so excited to announce the launch of our online store! Help support our work by publicizing our mission while you're out and about and by gifting our merchandise to your friends. Go to chicagoappleseed.org/shop to shop available products, such as Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair C...

Support for SB 1830: Reducing Barriers to Recovery

Updated: February 10, 2023 Illinois has made great strides in reforming its laws and attempting to end mass incarceration, the war on drugs, and other harms caused by the criminal legal system. In January, Illinois made itself a national criminal justice leader by being the first state to com...

Why We Court-Watch

Why do we court-watch? https://www.chicagoappleseed.org/2022/08/22/northwestern-report-highlights-issues-with-court-culture/ Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts conducts court-watching in a variety of civil and criminal courtrooms in Cook County. Our volunteers observe courtrooms as a m...

New CPD Consent Decree to Guarantee Rights to Communicate for Arrested People

Entered at the end of September 2022, a newly signed consent decree, #LetUseBreathe Collective v. City of Chicago, means people detained by the Chicago Police Department (CPD) must be given access to phones and lawyers in all detention facilities. This measure means to combat the coercive inte...

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