Jail bond reform heats up as Illinois lawmakers push for abolishment

Devoureaux Wolf, was unable to pay his cash bond. That's when he reached out to Chicago Community Bond Fund.

By Nadia Adams Medill Reports On this episode of Medill Newsmakers, Illinois lawmakers are considering doing away with cash bond to reduce incarceration rates and reach economic fairness for low-income individuals charged with relatively minor offenses. Opponents argue that if this law is imposed it leaves domestic violence victims at risk to be attacked again. […]