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by Jamila Dawn Mitchell  Every year, 90% of the 250,000 people held in Illinois jails are incarcerated pretrial, prior to actual convictions, putting the rate of pretrial incarceration far above the national average of 67%. The percentage of pretrial detentions range county to county – with 51% of the jail population in Tazewell County and […]

One of the reasons that the United States has such a disproportionately high prison population is that a lot of people just can’t afford to avoid jail once they are accused of a crime. Although it’s law in most states that judges should set bond that defendants can actually afford, this isn’t often the case. Cook […]

August 4th, 2016 may be a day talked about in barbershops and on social media for ages. Barack Obama celebrated a 55th birthday, George Zimmerman reportedly got punched in the face and Dylann Roof was on the receiving end of a jailhouse assault. Dwayne Stafford, the man who punched Roof in the face and back […]

Michael Slager, the former North Charleston, South Carolina police officer who fatally shot unarmed Walter Scott eight times in the back as Scott ran away, was released on $500,000 bond on Monday. According to the Charleston Post and Courier, the presiding judge was concerned about the delayed start date of the trial and granted bail.

  Chicago native Kelsey Riley is among those afforded the Mary King/Julian Bond Communications Fellowship. The Donda’s House executive assistant/social media manager joins a growing list of those invested in providing a voice for the under-served. 

  A man accused of providing a gun used to kill 14-year-old Endia Martin on Monday was order held on $3 million bond. Donnell Flora, 25, gave his 14-year-old niece a loaded .38 caliber revolver and accompanied her to the fight on Monday in Chicago, prosecutors say. 

A North Carolina mother of three is being held in isolation and on $1.2 million bond after attempting to drown her children by driving them into the ocean. Ebony Wilkerson’s defense attorneys have argued that she belongs in a mental hospital, not a jail cell. 

  Chris Brown has been arrested. The 24-year-old singer was taken into custody for violating his probation stemming from the 2009 assault charge against Rihanna.

A judge has ruled that Marissa Alexander can remain free on bond after Florida State Attorney Angela Corey filed a motion to revoke her bond.  Circuit Judge James Daniel made it clear on Friday that the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office erred in granting Alexander permission to leave home detention. Alexander’s freedom until her new trial is […]

On Monday Jan. 6, Florida State Prosecutor Angela Corey filed a motion to revoke Marissa Alexander’s release on bond as she awaits trial. Corey alleges that Alexander broke the conditions of her release by making unauthorized trips to run errands. A significant reason for Alexander’s release is the overwhelming support from supporters and organizations advocating […]

Florida State Attorney Angela Corey filed a motion to revoke Marissa Alexander’s bond on Monday. The move comes week’s after a judge ruled that Alexander could be freed as she awaits trial.

Supporters of a woman who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for firing a warning shot over her estranged husband’s head will have to wait a little longer to find out if she will be freed.