The Movement Needs You: Come to Springfield to Defend the Pretrial Fairness Act!

January is quickly approaching and after years of organizing, Illinois is set to end money bond and reduce pretrial jailing in 2023 with the Pretrial Fairness Act! In response to the historic Black Lives Matter protests of 2020, Illinois passed this monumental legislation making our state a leader in pretrial justice reform. This was a massive victory to reduce pretrial jailing! 

As we prepare for implementation, law enforcement has been busy trying to gut and ultimately repeal the Pretrial Fairness Act. To undermine its impact, racist scare tactics and disinformation are being used to influence the public’s opinion. We need all hands on deck during November’s Veto Session to ensure the Pretrial Fairness Act goes into effect as our communities intend.