The Bail reform guide aims to provide detailed information about various states and their history of Bail Reform. Presented in the guide are the six states of Arizona, California, Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey, and Texas. Key members involved in each state's reform efforts were interviewed, including chief justices, appellate court justices, the trial court judges...
By National Task Force on Fines, Fees and Bail Practices |
A research article published under the Criminal justice and Behavior (BSI) journal that focused on the debate around algorithm risk assessment in the Criminal Justice system. The article addressed layers of bias, challenges to fairness within the risk-assessment models themselves as they integrate statistical fairness and the tradeoffs between them. Using data from a racially...
By Laurel Eckhouse, Kristian Lum, Cynthia Conti-Cook, Julie Ciccolini |
The report provides an overview of pretrial risk assessment in California. According to the report, pretrial services' four goals are maximizing individuals' right to liberty, public safety, court appearances, and equity. (1) Forty-nine of California's 58 counties use pretrial risk assessment tools alongside bail. (2) A risk assessment tool is only one component of informed...
By Heather M. Harris, Justine Goss, and Alexandria Gumbs |
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and the Priority Criminal Justice Needs Initiative convened an expert workshop to identify the challenges with managing individuals with serious mental illness under correctional control. RAND Corporation and the University of Denver (DU) brought together 15 experts of prison, jail, probation, parole administrators; researchers; and mental health care professionals...
By John S. Shaffer, Joe Russo, Dulani Woods, Brian A. Jackson |