This document acts as a guide for jurisdictions that do not currently have a pretrial services program but are planning on implementing one. It contains information and resources, or where to find it, that is required when starting a pretrial services program, including state and national standards, core functions, research findings, steps to implementation, and examples of programs
Pretrial Services Program Implementation Starter Kit - PJI 2010.pdf
From the press release: Efforts to improve the pretrial justice system while protecting public safety are working in Bernalillo County, according to a study released Friday. University of New Mexico researchers found that a large majority of defendants committed no new crimes while...
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Implementing Evidence-based Practices in Federal Pretrial Services - Federal Probation 2009.pdf
However, as with any wide-ranging state policy reform, the ultimate impact will be determined by how the law is implemented at the local level
CPOC Pretrial Toolkit FINAL 02.06. 2019 - 16k.pdf
(October 2019) If you are interested in this publication, we also recommend: Implementing the Recommendations of the 2011 National Symposium on Pretrial Justice: The 2014 Progress Report . #Implementation
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It covers what the Federal Risk Assessment is, how it is implemented, the results, and questions to focus on for the future
Implementing Risk Assessment in the Federal Pretrial Services System - Federal Probation 2011.pdf
However, as Chief Probation Officers await decisions in both of these arenas, there is still the opportunity to implement state-of-the-art, legally sound, and research-based pretrial practices
Focus Search - As probation chiefs await decisions in both of these arenas, there is still the opportunity to implement state-of-the-art, legally sound, and research-based pretrial practices
This paper primarily examines failures of implementation or, in other words, failures arising not from a fundamentally flawed theory of change, but from missteps in planning and execution...#Implementation #Victims
Avoiding Failures of Implementation- Lessons from Process Evaluations - Center for Court Innovation 2009.pdf
Ohio Could Save Big By Implementing Bail Reform: A Fiscal Impact Analysis estimates that ending wealth-based detention would save the state $199 to $265 million annually
ACLUofOhio_OhioCouldSaveBigByImplementingBailReform-AFiscalImpactAnalysis_2020-0913.pdf
The initiative helps courts implement legal and evidence-based pretrial practices through the development of national resources and the provision of technical assistance targeted specifically to state courts. This guide provides jurisdictions that are considering implementing new pretrial services, or upgrading existing capacities, with guidance on both the investment and the savings that may be associated with realizing their expanded vision. #Implementation
Pretrial Justice and the State Courts Initiative- Estimating the Costs of Implementing Pretrial Assessment and Monitoring Services - PJI, NCSC and SJI 2018.pdf
This report compares the outcomes of Yakima County’s pretrial justice system before and after policy makers implemented several system improvements in February 2016
Yakima Count WA Pretrial Justice System Improvements- Pre- and Post- Implementation Analysis - Brooker 2017.pdf
This report will be the last of its kind, discussing the significant progress made by the PJWG and its subcommittees toward achieving the recommendations to improve pretrial justice, from the 2011 National Symposium on Pretrial Justice. The Pretrial Justice Institute (PJI) is centering...
Focus Search - These sites– City and County of Denver, Colorado; Yakima County, Washington; and the State of Delaware– have each committed themselves to a three-phase project to implement empirically based risk assessment tools and supervision and monitoring strategies to their pretrial systems
The A2J Lab, a research lab run by Harvard Law School, released an interim report on the Public Safety Assessment-Decision Making Framework (PSA-DMF) in Dane County, Wisconsin. While possessing limited data, authors of the report said there is some evidence that providing the PSA-DMF...
Dane-County-PSA-DMF-RCT-Interim-Report.pdf
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Implementing the Recommendations of the National Symposium on Pretrial Justice --PJI 2013.pdf
This publication of the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative discusses how sites implemented successful juvenile detention reform in their jurisdictions. #JuvenileDetention #Implementation
Pathways to Juvenile Detention Reform (11) Promoting and Sustaining Detention Reforms - JDAI 2001.pdf
From the report: To support implementation of evidence-based pretrial practices, the Criminal Justice Innovation Lab (CJIL) reviewed available research on the effectiveness of various pretrial support and supervision programs on outcomes such as failures to appear (FTA) and new criminal activity (NCA)
This document will outline some of the many proven policies and processes counties can implement to reduce pretrial jail populations, make more effective use of resources and maintain, or even improve, public safety. #Implementation #LawEnforcementJails
County Roles and Opportunities in Pretrial Justice - NACo 2017.pdf
The ACLU of Georgia, working with law professors, computer science students, and student and community volunteers, released a study examining how closely Georgia courts complied with four legal requirements set under recent bail reform legislation and litigation: an evaluation of ability to pay;...
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Letter Regarding Law Enforcement Fees and Fines - DOJ 2016.pdf
It is split into two parts, with the first giving a detailed overview of pretrial services in Kentucky with the second part describing practices in collecting data, measuring outcomes, and implementation of systems and programs. #PretrialServicesAgencies #Implementation
Pretrial Reform in Kentucky - Kentucky Pretrial Services 2013.pdf