• About
    • Contact
      • Editorial
      • Advertising
      • Distribution
    • Who We Are
    • Supporters
    • Policies
    • Jobs
  • En español
  • Sections
    • Best of the South Side
      • 2025
      • 2024
      • 2022
      • 2021
      • 2020
      • 2020 — In Memorarium
      • 2019
      • 2018
      • 2017
      • 2016
      • 2015
      • 2014
      • 2013
    • Immigration
    • Housing
    • Police
    • Education
    • Politics
    • Community Organizing
    • Art
    • Music
    • Sports
      • South Side Sports Roundup
    • Lit
    • The Exchange
    • Public Meetings Report
    • Opinion & Editorials
  • Investigations
  • Become a Contributor
  • Newsletter
  • Store
  • Subscribe
  • Events
  • Donate
  • Facebook Page
  • Twitter Username
  • Instagram
Skip to content
  • Facebook Page
  • Twitter Username
  • Instagram
South Side Weekly

South Side Weekly

Chicago Local News

Donate
  • About
    • Contact
      • Editorial
      • Advertising
      • Distribution
    • Who We Are
    • Supporters
    • Policies
    • Jobs
  • En español
  • Sections
    • Best of the South Side
      • 2025
      • 2024
      • 2022
      • 2021
      • 2020
      • 2020 — In Memorarium
      • 2019
      • 2018
      • 2017
      • 2016
      • 2015
      • 2014
      • 2013
    • Immigration
    • Housing
    • Police
    • Education
    • Politics
    • Community Organizing
    • Art
    • Music
    • Sports
      • South Side Sports Roundup
    • Lit
    • The Exchange
    • Public Meetings Report
    • Opinion & Editorials
  • Investigations
  • Become a Contributor
  • Newsletter
  • Store
  • Subscribe
  • Events
  • Donate

D-bonds

A light at the end of the tunnel
Posted inViolence

An End to Cash Bond in Illinois is Only the Beginning of Restorative Justice

by Nikki Roberts December 9, 2020January 13, 2021

ast month, state Senator Robert Peters and Representative Justin Slaughter announced a bill known as the Pretrial Fairness Act that, if passed, would make Illinois the second state to end the use of money bonds after New Jersey. In Cook County, where about a quarter of the county’s detainees are kept incarcerated because they cannot […]

A detainee’s message from inside the jail. Credit: Sarah-Ji Rhee
Posted inUncategorized

Report: Cook County Jail Is Filling Up Again

by Lucia Geng September 28, 2020December 17, 2021

Recent Comments

  • Renee on Growing Up in the Robert Taylor Housing Projects
  • WILLIAM MITCHELL JR. on Growing Up in the Robert Taylor Housing Projects
  • Immigration Updates on What to Know About Trump’s Effort to End Birthright Citizenship
  • Jeffery Hill on Traveling Exhibit at Chicago Public Libraries Honors History of Black Steelworkers
  • Rocco Benedetto Rubino on A History of School Desegregation on the Far Southwest Side
  • Carl Reynolds on Traveling Exhibit at Chicago Public Libraries Honors History of Black Steelworkers
  • N.Clark on Home Histories: Lorraine Hansberry Home
  • John J Betancur on Are Airbnbs Fueling Gentrification in Pilsen?

Recent Posts

  • Public Meetings Report — November 20, 2025
  • SNAP Cuts Paused, But Their Impacts Linger
  • Weekly Shines at the 86th CJA Awards
  • Sentido Builds Space for Latino Joy and Survival
  • Anatomy of a Border Patrol Arrest
  • Oficiales federales usaron agentes químicos decenas de veces en Chicago pese a la orden de un juez
  • Key Council Committee Rejects Mayor’s Budget
  • Feds Used Chemical Agents Dozens of Times in Chicago—Even After Judge Said To Stop
© 2025 South Side Weekly. All rights reserved. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic
  • Facebook Page
  • Twitter Username
  • Instagram