Decarceration & Diversion Archives - Page 10 of 20 - Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts

Evidence-Based Reform and Gun Violence

Chicago Appleseed and Chicago Council of Lawyers have joined a letter urging Congress to formally repeal the Dickey Amendment that currently creates an effective ban on federal health agencies like the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) from conducting research into the causes, effects, and evidence-...

Community Groups Monitored Cook County’s Central Bond Court, Data Shows Reforms Haven’t Stopped the Jailing of People for Being Poor

Coalition to End Money Bond Press contacts: Sharlyn Grace, Chicago Appleseed, 773-946-8535, sharlyngrace@chicagoappleseed.org Irene Romulo, Chicago Community Bond Fund, 312-553-0995, irene@chicagobond.org Volunteers report that the rate of pretrial release has nearly doubled, but further ch...

New Report from Appleseed & Community Partners on State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s First Year in Office

Chicago Appleseed, The People’s Lobby and Reclaim Chicago are proud to release today our new report, “In Pursuit of Justice for All: An Evaluation of Kim Foxx’s First Year in Office,” which assesses State's Attorney Foxx’s progress on her reform goals during her first year in office....

More than 70 Organizations & Individuals Call for Supreme Court Rule on Bail

Advocates Urge Illinois Supreme Court to Issue Rule Change to Stop Jailing People Due to Poverty A letter endorsed by local and national community organizations & former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder asks Illinois Supreme Court to address Illinois’ unconstitutional money bail system. O...

Monday Press Conference: First Major Hearing For Lawsuit Challenging Constitutionality of Jailing Thousands Too Poor to Afford Bond

Coalition to End Money Bond Press contacts: Sharlyn Grace, Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice, 773-946-8535, sharlyngrace@chicagoappleseed.org Max Suchan, Director of Operations, Chicago Community Bond Fund, 773-551-2353, max@chicagobond.org Twitter: #EndMoneyBail | Facebook event...

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