This is an excerpt of a forthcoming zine written by a team of reporting fellows at City Bureau, a civic journalism lab in Chicago focused on serving the South and West Sides.
After the Trial
A legal toolkit for prisoners and their loved ones
Justice
Shifting Fronts in Bail Reform
Despite reform efforts, the pretrial detention system still causes harm
Lizzie Smith
The third in a series on pretrial detention
The Battle Against Money Bonds
How recent organizing movements bring Cook County closer to a world without cash bail
Lizzie Smith
The second in a series on pretrial detention
A History of Bail Reform
A medieval pay-your-way system may be on its way out
Natalie González
The first in a series on pretrial detention