On the night of July 24, before a crowd of 300 at New Landmark Missionary Baptist Church on the West Side, Chief Cook County Circuit Judge Timothy C. Evans announced that he would release a plan to reform bond court and the pretrial services department by the end of October. Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice served as a consultant to the Community Renewal Society and helped facilitate the discussions that led to the announcement. Cook County’s central bond court has been broken for years. Past efforts at …