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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.

CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—November 14, 2017

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By: Sharlyn Grace, Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice

Chicago Community Bond Fund
Source: www.chicagobond.org

On any given day, tens of thousands of people are incarcerated in county jails in Illinois. Most of these people are being incarcerated pretrial—meaning they have not been convicted of a crime and are only being…

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