blog post Can Pretrial Decisions Be Improved? By Heather Harris, Justin Goss Mar 27, 2019 Mar 27, 2019 ... If that happens, risk assessment systems would take on heightened importance in decisions about pretrial detention.
blog post Pretrial Risk and Cash Bail By Justin Goss Feb 20, 2018 Feb 20, 2018 ... Most of California's jail inmates are unsentenced defendants awaiting arraignment, trial, or sentencing—and this heavy reliance on pretrial ...
Report Pretrial Release in California By Sonya Tafoya, Mia Bird, Ryken Grattet, Viet Nguyen May 3, 2017 Key questions for reform include whether the state holds too many defendants in jail pending trial and whether bail is an equitable form of pretrial release ...
Report California’s County Jails in the Era of Reform By Sonya Tafoya, Mia Bird, Ryken Grattet, Viet Nguyen Sep 26, 2016 Jails also hold Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees, ... such as pretrial release and release to alternative custody programs outside the jail.
blog post Testimony: Bail and Pretrial Detention By Sonya Tafoya Feb 19, 2016 Feb 19, 2016 ... Testimony: Bail and Pretrial Detention · Bail Overview. The purpose of California's bail system is to ensure that defendants appear in court and ...
Report Pretrial Detention and Jail Capacity in California By Sonya Tafoya Jul 22, 2015 This report concludes that pretrial services programs-if properly implemented and embraced by the courts, probation, and the jails-could address jail ...
Report Alternatives to Incarceration in California By Ryken Grattet, Brandon Martin Apr 17, 2015 Alternative Custody Programs in Use. We define alternatives to incarceration as punishment or treatment responses to offenders that involve something other than ...
Report Key Factors in California’s Jail Construction Needs By Magnus Lofstrom, Brandon Martin May 7, 2014 Moreover, unlike state prisons, all existing county jail facilities were constructed for the mission of holding pre-trial inmates and sentenced offenders ...
Report Capacity Challenges in California’s Jails By Magnus Lofstrom, Katherine Kramer Sep 27, 2012 In the first few months of realignment, California's jail population increased ... Reducing the bail schedule to lower the number of pretrial inmates is ...
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