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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Matthew Hendrickson

Justice reform groups partner with Vic Mensa’s pot company to provide care packages to people released from jail

A duffle bag branded with the logos of the Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice, which advocated for the end of cash bail in the state, and Chicago rapper Vic Mensa’s cannabis company, 93 Boyz. Bags like this will be filled with gift cards and everyday essentials and distributed this week to people being released from Cook County Jail. (Provided by the Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice)

A network of community groups involved in advocating for historic reforms that abolished cash bail in Illinois this year have partnered with a cannabis company to provide care packages to people being released from Cook County Jail this week.

The Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice said it raised thousands of dollars from individual donations and apparel sales to create the care packages for people as they are released from the jail while their criminal cases are pending. 

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