pretrial or pre-trial alternatives to detention initiative

A San Francisco study of 1500 high risk youth found that the youths that were placed in alternative to detention programs had a far lower recidivism rate than youth who remained incarcerated while awaiting sentencing. An international criminal justice reform group, Justice Initiative, has established pretrial detention reform study projects in 10 countries. In Mexico, the project has worked with prosecutors in several areas to provide a more efficient and effective bail ...The Justice Initiative has articulated three broad goals for its work on national criminal justice reform (NCJR): a) rationalize and develop alternatives to pretrial detention; b) increase access to competent legal representation for ...The Open Society Justice Initiative is launching a Global Campaign for Pretrial Justice to promote alternatives to pretrial detention, expand access to legal aid services, and deploy paralegals to intervene earlier in the criminal ...As a common performance measure across the justice system, the duration of pretrial detention measure has legs. Divergence of the mean and median days of pretrial custody may be an indicator of inequality of treatment. ... Successfully implementing large-scale improvement initiatives that depend on the joint efforts across the justice system (e.g., eliminating jail overcrowding or integrated information technology) often run into intractable justice system governance ...Pretrial Justice Institute $300000 2007 12months. Pretrial Justice Institute $193000 2007 12months. Pretrial Services Resource Center $343528 2006 1 year. Pro Bono Net $50000 2006 6 months. Public Policy Associates $67500 2007 9 months. Public Policy Associates $1694914 ... In 1992, it launched the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative program, a multi-year, multi-site project designed to demonstrate that jurisdictions can safely reduce reliance on secure detention. ...addition to the availability of alternatives to pretrial detention for defendants with mental illness. Final report of the Go to 2040 Crime and Justice Planning Initiative. 32. Page 37. Alternatives to incarceration and offender reentry ...the findings show that pretrial service programs offer a safe alternative for minor and first time nonviolent offenders, as well as members of selected special populations, to remain free in the community pending court appearances. ...Prison and detention center conditions were poor. Security forces arbitrarily arrested and detained individuals, in some cases for political purposes, and kept them in prolonged pretrial detention. The executive branch placed limits on .... In November the African Commission on Human Rights and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR)decided in favor of an NGO, the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR),in its lawsuit against the government for failure to prosecute perpetrators ...While the new facility has not reached capacity, the county continually seeks alternatives for inmates and pretrial defendants deemed not a risk to community safety. The Strafford County Community Corrections Program has developed and ...Because the current system threatens our national security, we strongly oppose any effort to extend the status quo by establishing either (1) a comprehensive system of long-term a�?preventivea�? detention without trial for suspected terrorists, .... pretrial confinement in criminal proceedings, pre-hearing confinement in immigration proceedings, and detention during armed conflict, consistent with U.S. obligations under the international laws of armed conflict. ...