How cash bail traps low-income women into povertyThe cash bail system highlights the inequities driving women to jails, which has long-term effects for them and their families. But advocates in both spaces partnered together to support Illinois’ bail reform law. They’re not a danger to anyone else.”What data says about how bail reform affects crime and public safetyTrump and conservative lawmakers have condemned bail reform as a threat to public safety. A coalition of bail reform groups hold a rally in front of the Nassau County Courthouse on January 25, 2020 in Mineola, New York. While these numbers compare the entire year of 2023 to the entire year of 2024, Illinois’ bail reform only went into effect during the last quarter of 2023.