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The People’s Lobby is an anchor organization in the Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice, which organized for more than eight years to pass the Pretrial Fairness Act.

Setting the example for pretrial fairness

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The People’s Lobby is an anchor organization in the Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice, which organized for more than eight years to pass the Pretrial Fairness Act. This groundbreaking legislation eliminated the use of money bond (cash bail) in Illinois, making us the first state in the nation to truly live by the value that all people are innocent until proven guilty. 

The Pretrial Fairness Act was successfully implemented in 2023. Since then, we’ve continued to defend this legislation from rollbacks while expanding our focus into other areas of restorative justice, such as reforming our parole system and increasing access to health and human services for people awaiting trial.

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