At a recent Chicago mayoral forum aired on NBC 5, all nine candidates faced off on a range of issues, including the city’s ongoing public safety challenges. In what was a heated debate, divisiveness appeared to settle when the topic veered toward the recently passed Pretrial Fairness Act and its elimination of money bond.
Passed in 2021, the Pretrial Fairness Act proposes historic changes to Illinois’ pretrial system to eliminate wealth-based jailing and curb growing jail populations.
