California lawmakers passed a bill eliminating money bail in 2018, but voters overturned the important reform in tumultuous 2020 after a fear-stoking referendum campaign led by the bail bond industry.

The discriminatory and unjust for-profit cash bail system disproportionately impacts Black and Brown people, and favors the wealthy who can buy their freedom while leaving the poor to languish in jail ...

Early into the implementation of a first-in-the-nation law, criminal justice advocates are urging caution in drawing major conclusions from the first seven months of the Pretrial Fairness Act — an ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — One year after Illinois became the first state in the nation to eliminate the use of cash bail, the impact on the state’s criminal justice system appears to have been far less ...

In 2023, Illinois became the first state to abolish cash bail. That ended years of heated debate, at least in one state. Now, Illinois is following a new policy which calls for a judge to determine ...

Wednesday marks one year since the Pretrial Fairness Act went into effect, making Illinois the first state in the country to end cash bail. Many were opposed and believed ending cash bail would affect ...

(The Center Square) – Taxpayer resources should not be used to support jurisdictions with cashless bail policies, according to a new executive order signed by President Donald Trump. The order comes ...

Additionally, the county’s criminal courthouse on Chicago’s near-south side has for years been holding bond court every day of the week — a practice shared by other larger county court systems in ...

CHICAGO — It took four and a half months for Shannon Ross’ life to unravel. Ross, who describes himself as Indigenous and a person of color, was arrested in Chicago in October 2019 on weapons charges ...

CENTRAL ILLINOIS (WCIA) — Thursday marked two years since the end of cash bail in Illinois following the state Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the SAFE-T Act. The rule means people arrested can no ...

One year after Illinois became the first state in the nation to eliminate the use of cash bail, the impact on the state’s criminal justice system appears to have been far less dramatic than people on ...