Illinois Prisoner Rights Coalition

ILPRC advocates for justice and transparency for inmates being mistreated and neglected while incarcerated in the state of Illinois.

[Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice @endmoneybond]

Champaign County is introducing free phone calls at the jail after activists exposed that Securus, a major prison profiteer, was charging a whopping six dollars for a 20-minute phone call.
https://t.co/uKf6KPQr9C

[Illinois Prisoner Rights Coalition @IllinoisPRC]

(3/3) Impacted? Contact the bureau @ [email protected] or 1-877-581-3692 and mention the Iroquois County Jail investigation.

[Illinois Prisoner Rights Coalition @IllinoisPRC]

Iroquois County Jail is under formal investigation for unjust practices, thanks to the last 3 years of your support. More in thread 👇

[Illinois Prisoner Rights Coalition @IllinoisPRC]

(2/3) The Civil Rights Bureau of the Attorney General's office of Illinois has confirmed they opened an investigation into the jail based on this report https://t.co/pwZHUesuzV

[Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice @endmoneybond]

The number of people jailed in Cook County has dropped by nearly 500 people since the Pretrial Fairness Act took effect. Similar declines are happening across IL.

These numbers will fluctuate as this fight is far from over. We must stay engaged & defend the law from attacks.

[Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice @endmoneybond]

It took a statewide movement to #EndMoneyBail in Illinois.

Today, communities all across Illinois came together to mark this historic moment. Events celebrating the Pretrial Fairness Act took place in Chicago, Joliet, Rockford & Springfield!

[Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice @endmoneybond]

Tomorrow, Illinois implements the Pretrial Fairness Act and becomes the first state in the country to completely end the use of money bail, one of the most blatant racial and economic injustices in our criminal legal system.

Read our statement here: https://t.co/RqVLUldETk

[Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice @endmoneybond]

"Every stakeholder in the criminal legal system has an obligation to follow the Pretrial Fairness Act and work to ensure that it fulfills the stated goal: to improve fairness and justice in criminal courthouses across Illinois." - @BenRuddell of @ACLUofIL
https://t.co/SjXjBA1M73

[Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice @endmoneybond]

Many prosecutors have continuously worked to undermine the Pretrial Fairness Act. Even after losing at the IL Supreme Court, some continue to spread misinformation.

McLean County State's Attorney Erika Reynolds tried misleading the public in an article published today by WGLT.

[Illinois Prisoner Rights Coalition @IllinoisPRC]

@plz_CLARify We see this in our work with incarcerated people seeking medical care: being told to check back in a few months, confirming symptoms with no treatment, and accusations that incarcerated people are lying about their symptoms.

[Illinois Prisoner Rights Coalition @IllinoisPRC]

Thank you @plz_CLARify for doing this important research. We hope that with more light shed on this topic, incarcerated people can actually get care and not just settlements.

[cdd @plz_CLARify]

I reviewed thousands of pages of court records, settlements & leaked internal docs to learn how Wexford Health Sources — the correctional medicine company that’s worked inside Illinois prisons since the 90s — operates

A thread:

https://t.co/zD34MZVAFN

[Illinois Prisoner Rights Coalition @IllinoisPRC]

Want to make direct impact in the lives of incarcerated people and their loved ones? Join our team! Any level of support helps. Check out https://t.co/dhoaXSGzA3 #volunteer #ILPRC

[Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice @endmoneybond]

Seven people incarcerated in the Champaign County Jail while awaiting trial are on hunger strike. Each of them is being jailed on an unaffordable money bond.
https://t.co/lupcYPfAUo

[Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice @endmoneybond]

Wondering why the Illinois Supreme Court delayed the end of money bail?

Tune-in to learn about the legal fight to protect the Pretrial Fairness Act:
https://t.co/bZ2pQGt2SO

[Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice @endmoneybond]

More than 400 organizations, faith leaders, professors, and elected officials have signed onto an amicus filed in the Illinois Supreme Court in support of the Pretrial Fairness Act.

Read more: https://t.co/AvLJD1O2fl

[Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice @endmoneybond]

Today, the Illinois Supreme Court issued an order directing counties across our state to delay implementation of the Pretrial Fairness Act until the court has had a chance to review the Kankakee County decision finding the law unconstitutional.

Read more:
https://t.co/GeDXRCGYZV

[La Defensa @LADefensx]

La Defensa continues our calls for Kevin De León to resign in light of the anti-Black and anti-Indigenous violence he continues to perpetuate and escalate with both his words and his actions. #ResignKDL

[Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice @endmoneybond]

After nearly two full years of intense struggle by communities across Illinois, we have successfully defended the Pretrial Fairness Act from being rolled back or repealed!

Read more about the passage of the Pretrial Fairness Act trailer bill here: https://t.co/9pbni3Qgpx

[Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice @endmoneybond]

More than 40 academics & policy experts from across the country have called on the Administrative Office of Illinois Courts to protect the rights of people subjected to electronic monitoring and to halt the expansion of this harmful technology.

Read more: https://t.co/Ay8rub9IZP

[Illinois Prisoner Rights Coalition @IllinoisPRC]

Thank you for your support!!

[Tom Morello @tmorello]

The Pretrial Fairness Act was passed in IL because State's Attorneys were locking up too many Black & poor people who posed no danger. Modifying it to give them more power to do just that would be a colossal failure.