Few statutes regulate pretrial GPS monitoring in Tennessee
14 hours ago · Only 2 statutes regulate pretrial GPS monitoring in Tennessee: 'All over the place'. It's like the Wild West. That's what bonding agents, industry leaders and electronic monitoring companies said ...
UM study: Missoula program helps keep offenders out of jail
12 hours ago · Justin Sell, a Coast Guard veteran, completed Missoula County’s pretrial diversion program, Calibrate. Sell battled a 22-year spiral of alcohol and drug abuse, leading to charges of trespassing ...
Bipartisan bills aim to end Michigan’s wealth-based bail
2 days ago · On Tuesday, the House Criminal Justice Committee heard testimony on the bills — 4655-4656 and 4658-4661 — which, if passed, would bring sweeping changes to pretrial practices across Michigan.
Santa Fe police chief, county sheriff urge lawmakers to address ...
20 hours ago · Nov. 13—Local law enforcement leaders appeared at the Roundhouse on Wednesday to decry what they see as the primary driver of crime in the state's capital city: repeat offenders. Santa Fe police Chief Paul Joye and Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza spoke before the legislative Courts, Corrections and Justice Committee, requesting policy changes related to pretrial detention and heavier ...
Maryland gets more time to fix Baltimore pretrial jail
UPDATED: October 18, 2024 at 9:03 PM EST. Having missed its most recent deadline and fallen short on eight of 10 main provisions of an agreement to overhaul its health care system, the Baltimore...
America’s Pretrial System Is Broken. Here’s Our Vision to Fix It.
We envision a country in which pretrial incarceration is all but eliminated, with at least 95 percent of all people in the criminal legal system released no later than 48 hours after arrest. We also demand adequate and robust protections for people going through the system and that for-profit actors be removed from this pretrial space.
After 9 months, state data begins to detail new pretrial detention ...
Jun 28, 2024 · The Office of Pretrial Services, which is overseen by the Illinois Supreme Court (pictured), released data this week about pretrial investigations and detentions nine months after cash bail ended in Illinois.
Insights | Pretrial Justice Institute
Jan 10, 2024 · What's Happening in Pretrial Justice? October 2023. Cook County Jail reaches historic population low; new study links pretrial detention to future offending; and more news.
The First Year of the Pretrial Fairness Act
The Pretrial Fairness Act (PFA) has now been in operation in Illinois for one full year. Beginning September 18, 2023, the PFA fundamentally altered pretrial practices in Illinois.
What's Happening in Pretrial Justice? April 2023
Apr 30, 2023 · Nearly 2 million nights in jail have been avoided, and pretrial populations have decreased by 15%. However, racial disparities in NYC jails have increased, according to this report from the Data Collaborative for Justice .