Pretrial Detention

  • (New) Pre-Trial Detention of Dangerous and Violent Defendants Following Passage of the Omnibus Public Safety Justice Amendment Act of 2009, [PDF]
    Urban Institute, 2011
    “We find a steady increase from 2007 through 2010 in the probability of detention for dangerous and violent defendants without associated weapons charges, on public safety grounds.”
  • The Price of Freedom Bail and Pretrial Detention of Low Income Nonfelony Defendants in New York City, [PDF]
    Human Rights Watch, December, 2010
    “People should not have to endure jail simply because they are too poor to buy their way out, particularly when there are other ways of ensuring that such defendants make their scheduled court appearances.”
  • Baltimore Behind Bars How to Reduce the Jail Population, Save Money, and Improve Public Safety, [PDF]
    Justice Policy Institute, June, 2010
    “9 out of 10 people in the [Baltimore] jail are awaiting trial, compared to about 2 out of 3 in the rest of the country. [Reducing] the number of people held pretrial in a safe and effective way can greatly reduce the jail population & associated costs.”
  • Philadelphia's Crowded, Costly Jails: The Search for Safe Solutions,
    Pew Charitable Trusts, May, 2010
  • Pretrial Release of Felony Defendants in State Courts [PDF]
    Bureau of Justice Statistics, November, 2007
    “Presents findings on the pretrial release phase of the criminal justice process using data collected from a representative sample of felony cases filed in the 75 largest U.S. counties in May during even-numbered years from 1990 to 2004.”
    ("About 3 in 5 felony defendants in the 75 largest counties were released prior to the disposition of their case.")
  • Getting Away with Torture? Command Responsibility for the U.S. Abuse of Detainees,
    Human Rights Watch, April, 2005
  • Community-Based Treatment: The Impact of the Homeless Pretrial Release Project, [PDF]
    Justice Policy Institute, June, 2000
  • Federal Pretrial Release and Detention, 1996 [PDF]
    Bureau of Justice Statistics, February, 1999
  • Pretrial Release of Felony Defendants, 1992: National Pretrial Reporting Program, [PDF]
    Bureau of Justice Statistics, November, 1994

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