Thurston County, WA implements Public Safety Assessment tool for transparent pretrial decisions

Thurston County, WA Public Safety Assessment Pretrial Tool

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Thurston County's Pretrial Services team uses the PSA in deciding pretrial release or detainment conditions. PSA is a risk assessment method built on demographic and criminal justice data validated by RTI International. PSA results, case evidence, and constitutional requirements inform pretrial conditions in every case. County officials pursued a multi-year development process for the PSA as part of its involvement in the national Advancing Pretrial Policy & Research program.

Legal Transparency Public Safety Criminal Justice System

Thurston County, WA

County in Washington

United States

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Thurston County Launches Pretrial Assessment to Improve Pretrial System | Thurston County

Thurston County launches pretrial assessment tool to improve pretrial system | The Daily Chronicle

After more than four years of work on pretrial justice improvements, Thurston County announced the official launch of the Public Safety Assessment (PSA), a validated pretrial risk assessment tool the …

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