List of Pretrial Programs
Pretrial services are programs (typically units within county governments, state governments or nonprofit agencies) that help judicial officers make bail decisions by providing information, assessments of risk, sometimes a recommendation, and in some cases, supervision for those released to the program. The judicial officer then incorporates other information, such as the facts and circumstances of the alleged offense, in reaching a decision. Pretrial services can play a central role in plans to reduce jail crowding.
In supervised pretrial release, defendants are released on their promise to adhere to certain court-ordered non-financial conditions, such as reporting in person on a regular basis. Compliance is closely monitored by pretrial services or other criminal justice staff. Failure to comply can result in return to jail. Supervised pretrial release is a vital component in the spectrum of release options. It permits the safe release of moderate-risk defendants who are ineligible for less restrictive options.
After an analysis of existing bail-setting practices and jail use, supervised pretrial release should be part of a comprehensive approach to effectively using costly jail beds. An effective pretrial services program with supervised pretrial release can contribute to reduced detention rates – without jeopardizing community safety or the integrity of the legal process.
This section provides information on the full range of pretrial services. Each subsection contains descriptive information, survey results from our Survey of Pretrial Programs Series (where applicable) and documents and publications. These materials include documents submitted by programs that share tried-and-true practices and published research or items of interest related to the specific topic. To suggest additional materials, please visit Suggest a Document.
States and Territories
Alabama
Jefferson - UAB TASC-Jefferson County Community Corrections
Mobile - Mobile County Pretrial Services
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Alaska
No Programs Listed
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American Samoa
No Programs Listed
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Arizona
Coconino - Coconino County Pretrial Services
Maricopa - Maricopa County Adult Probation
Navajo -Navajo County Pretrial Services
Pima - Pima County Pretrial Services
Pinal -Pinal County Pretrial
Yavapai - Yavapai County Adult Probation
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Arkansas
No Programs Listed
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California
Los Angeles - Los Angeles County Probation Department
Orange - Orange County Superior Court
Riverside - Riverside County Superior Court
Sacramento - Pretrial Services
San Diego - San Diego Superior Court, Pretrial Services
San Jose - Santa Clara County Office of Pretrial Services
Santa Barbara - Santa Barbara Superior Court Pretrial Services
Santa Cruz - Santa Cruz Probation/Pretrial
Santa Maria - North Santa Barbara County Pretrial Services
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Colorado
Adams - Adams County Sheriff's Office
Arapahoe - Arapahoe County Pretrial Release Services
Boulder - Boulder County Pretrial Services
Denver - Denver County Pretrial Services
El Paso - El Paso County Court Services
Jefferson - Jefferson County Justice Services
Larimer - Larimer County Community Corrections
Mesa - Mesa County Criminal Justice Services
Weld - Weld County Justice Services Division
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Connecticut
No program listed
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Delaware
No program listed
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District of Columbia
Washington - District of Columbia Pretrial Services Agencies
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Florida
Alachua - Alachua County Court Services
Bay - Bay County Pretrial Release Program
Brevard - Brevard County Pretrial Release
Broward - Broward Sheriff's Office
Escambia - Escambia County Pretrial Services
Key West - Pretrial Services of the 16th Judicial Circuit
Lee - Lee County Pretrial Services
Miami-Dade - Miami-Dade County Pretrial Services
Okaloosa - Okaloosa County Pretrial Services
Orange - Orange County Pretrial Services
Osceola - Osceola County Pretrial Services
Palm Beach - Palm Beach County Pretrial Services
Pasco - Pasco County Sheriff/Pretrial
Polk - Pre Trial Services
Santa Rosa - Santa Rosa County Court Services
Sarasota - Sarasota County Pretrial Services
Seminole - Seminole County Community Justice
Volusia - Volusia County Pretrial Services
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Georgia
Canton - Pretrial Services
Cobb - Cobb County Pretrial Court Services
DeKalb - DeKalb County Superior Court Pretrial
Fulton - Fulton County Pretrial Services
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Guam
No progrm listed
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Hawaii
Hilo - Hawaii Intake Service Center
Honolulu - Hawaii Department of Public Safety
Honolulu - Oahu Intake Service Center
Maui - Maui Intake Service Center
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Idaho
Bannock - Bannock County Court Services
Bonneville - Bonneville County Pretrial Services
Canyon - Canyon County Pretrial
Kootenai - Kootenai County Pre-Trial Services
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Illinois
Coles - Coles County Probation and Court Services
Cook - Cook County Adult Probation
Kane - Kane County States Attorney Office
Lake - Lake County Adault Probation-Pretrial Services
Macon - Macon County Pretrial
Ogle - Ogle COunty Pretrial Services
Rock Island - Rock Island County Court Services
Tazewell - Tazewell County Pretrial Services
Winnebago - Winnebago County Court Services
Whiteside - Whiteside County Court Services
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Indiana
Fort Wayne - Allen Superior Court Pretrial Services
Howard - Peru Pretrial
Lake - Lake Superior Court Pretrial Release
Marion - Marion County Pretrial Release Program
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids - 6th Judicial District Department of Corrections
Des Moines - 5th Judicial District Department of Corrections
Fairfield - 8th Judicial District Department of Corrections
Scott - Walcott Department of Correctional Services
Story - Department of Correctional Services
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Kansas
El Dorado - 13th Judicial District Court Services
Ellis - 23rd Judicial District Court Services
Johnson - 10th Judicial District Court Services
Topeka - 3rd Judicial Court of Kansas
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Kentucky
Frankfort - Kentucky Pretrial Services (Statewide)
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Louisiana
No program listed
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Maine
Portland - Maine Pretrial Services, Inc.
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Maryland
Anne Arundel - Anne Arundel County Detention Center Pretrial Services
Baltimore City - Pretrial Services Program
Baltimore County - Pretrial Services
Carroll - Carroll County Circuit Court
Montogomery - Montogomery County Pre-Trial Services
Wicomico - Circuit Court of Wicomico County
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Massachusetts
No program listed
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Michigan
Bay - Bay County Pre-Trial Services
Calhoun - Calhoun County Community Corrections
Flint - Pretrial Services
Kent - Kent County Court Services
Kalamazoo - Kalamazoo County Pretrial Services
Monroe - Monroe County First District Court Services
Macomb - Macomb County Community Corrections
Oakland - Oakland County Community Corrections
Saginaw - Saginaw County Pretrial Services
Wayne - Third Circuit Court Pretrial Services
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Minnesota
The programs listed here either provide bail studies and/or pretrial supervision.
Aitkin - Aitkin County Probation
Anoka - Anoka County 10th Judicial District
Becker - Becker County DOC
Beltrami - Beltrami County DOC
Benton - Benton County DOC
Big Stone - Big Stone County Court Services
Blue Earth - Blue Earth Community Corrections
Brown - Brown County Probation
Carlton - Arrowhead Regional Corrections
Carver - Carver County Court Services
Cass - DOC and Cass County Court Services
Chippewa - 6W Community Corrections
Chisago - Chisago County Court Services
Clay - DOC Clay County
Cook - Cook County Court and Field Services (Arrowhead Regional Corrections)
Dakota - Dakota County Community Corrections
Dodge - DFO Community Corrections
Douglas - DOC Douglas
Faribault - DOC Faribault
Fillmore - DFO Community Corrections
Freeborn - Freeborn County Court Services
Goodhue - Goodhue County Court Services
Grant - Grant County Court Services
Hennepin - Hennepin County Community Corrections and Operation de Novo
Houston - Houston County Court Services
Hubbard - DOC Hubbard County
Isanti - Isanti County Probation
Jackson - Jackson County Court Services
Kanabec - Kanabec County Court Services
Kandiyohi - Kandiyohi County Community Corrections
Kittson - DOC Kittson (limited)
Koochiching - Arrowhead Regional Corrections
Lac Qui Parle - 6W Community Corrections
Lake - Arrowhead Regional Corrections
Le Sueur - DOC Le Sueur County (limited)
Lincoln - DOC Lincoln
Lyon - DOC Lyon
Mahnomen - DOC Mahnomen
Marshall - DOC Marshall
Martin - DOC Martin
McLeod - DOC McLeod County
Meeker - Meeker County Court Services
Mille Lacs - Mille Lacs County Court Services
Morrison - Central MN Community Corrections
Mower - Mower County Correctional Services
Murray - DOC Murray
Nicollet - Nicollet County Court Services
Nobles - Rock/Nobles Community Corrections
Norman - Tri County Community Corrections
Olmsted - DFO Community Corrections
Otter Tail - Otter Tail County Court Services
Pennington - DOC Pennington
Pine - Pine County County Services
Pipestone - DOC Pipestone
Polk - Tri County Community Corrections
Pope - Pope County Court Services
Ramsey - Project Remand
Red Lake - Tri County Community Corrections
Redwood - DOC Redwood
Renville - DOC Renville (limited)
Rice - Rice County Community Corrections
Rock - Rock/Nobles Community Corrections
Roseau - DOC Roseau (limited)
St. Louis - Arrowhead Regional Corrections
Scott - Scott County Court Services
Sherburne - Sherburne County Probation Department
Sibley - DOC Sibley County
Stearns - Stearns County Community Corrections
Steele - Steele County Court Services
Stevens - Stevens Department of Court Services
Swift - 6W Community Corrections
Todd - Todd Wadena Community Corrections
Traverse - Traverse County Court Services
Wabasha - Wabasha County Court Services
Wadena - Todd Wadena Community Corrections
Waseca - Waseca Court Community Corrections
Washington - Washington County Community Corrections
Watonwan - DOC Watonwan
Wilkin - Wilkin County Court Services
Wright - Wright County Court Services
Yellow Medicine - 6W Community Corrections
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Mississippi
No program listed
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Missouri
Boone - Adult Court Services
Greene - Greene County Pretrial Services
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Montana
Gallatin - Gallatain County Office of Court Services
Missoula - Missoula Pretrial Supervision
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Nebraska
Douglas - Douglas County Pretrial Release
Sarpy - Sarpy County Pretrial Services (Diversion)
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Nevada
Clark - Las Vegas Justice Court PreTrial Services
Lyon - Lyon County Pretrial Services
Washoe - Washoe County Pretrial Services
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New Hampshire
Cheshire - Cheshire County Alternative Sentencing
Merrimack - Merrimack County Pretrial Services
Rockingham - Rockingham County SCRIP
Strafford - Strafford County Community Corrections
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New Jersey
Burlington - Burlington County PTI Program
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New Mexico
Bernalillo - Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court
San Jaun & McKinley - 11th Judicial District Court Pretrial Services
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New York
Allegany - Allegany County Probation Department
Broome - Broome County Pre-Trial Release
Cattaraugus - Cattaraugus County ATI Program
Cayuga - Cayuga County Pretrial Release Services
Chautauqua - Chautauqua County ROR Screening
Clinton - Clinton County Department of Pretrial Services
Columbia - Comlumbia County Pre-Trial Release
Cortland - Cortland County Pretrial Services
Delaware - Delaware County Alternatives to Incarceration
Erie - Erie County Pretrial Release Services
Essex - Essex County Pretrial Services and Community Services
Franklin - Franklin County Pretrial Release Services
Fulton - Fulton County Pretrial Services
Genesee - Genesee County Pretrial Release Services
Herkimer - Herkimer County Pretrial Release Program
Jefferson - Jefferson County Pretrial Release Program
Lewis - Lewis County Pretrial Services
Madison - Madison County Pretrial Services
Monroe - Pre-Trial Services Corporation
Montgomery - Montgomery County Pretrial Services
Nassau - Nassau County Pretrial Screening
New York City - New York City Criminal Justice Agency (Responsible for all of NYC)
Niagara - Niagara County Pretrial Program
Oneida - Oneida County Pretrial Release Program
Onondaga - Onondaga County Probation Department
Ontario - Ontario County Alternatives to Incarceration
Oswego - Oswego County Enhanced Pretrial Release
Otsego - Otsego County Department of Probation
Rensselaer - Rensselaer County Probation Department
Rockland - Rockland County Pretrial Services
Saratoga - Saratoga County Pretrial Services
Schuyler - Schuyler County Pre-Trial Release
Seneca - Seneca County Department of Probation and Community Corrections
St. Lawrence - St. Lawrence County Pre Trial Services
Steuben - Steuben County Probation and Community Corrections
Suffolk - Suffolk County Probation, Bail Expeditor/Supervised Release
Tompkins - Tompkins County Probation and Community Justice Department
Ulster - Ulster County Probation Department
Warren - Warren County Pretrial Release
Wayne - Wayne Pre-Trial Services, Inc.
Washington - Washington County Pre-Trial Services
Westchester - Pre-Trial Service Institute
Wyoming - Wyoming County Pretrial Release
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North Carolina
Anson - Criminal Justice Partnership
Alexander - Alexander County Pre-Trial Release Program
Brunswick - Brunswick County Electronic Home Detention
Buncombe - Buncombe County Pretrial Services
Caldwell - Caldwell County Pretrial Release
Columbus - Columbus County Pretrial
Cumberland - Cumberland County Criminal Justice Services
Durham - Durham County Pretrial Services
Forsyth - Forsyth County Sheriff's Office
Gaston - Gaston County Pretrial Release
Guilford - Guilford County Pretrial Services
Harnett - Harnett County Pretrial Release Program
Haywood - Haywood County Pretrial Release
Mecklenburg - Mecklenburg County Pretrial Services
Montgomery - Montgomery County Pretrial Release
Moore - Moore County Day Reporting Center
New Hanover - County Pretrial Release Program
Newton - Repay Inc. Pretrial Services
Pender - Pender County Pretrial Release Program
Rockingham - Rockingham County Pretrial Services
Randolph - Randolph County Day Reporting Center Pretrial Release
Stanly - Stanly County Pretrial Release
Stokes - Stokes County Pretrial Release
Wake - ReEntry Inc. Pretrial Release
Wilkes - Wilkes County Pretrial Release Services
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North Dakota
No program listed
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North Marianas Islands
No program listed
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Ohio
Butler - Butler County Pretrial Services
Cuyahoga - Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court
Franklin - Fanklin County Court of Common Pleas
Hamilton - Hamilton County Department of Pretrial Services
Licking - Licking County Pretrial Program
Lorain - Lorain County Court Supervised Release
Marion - Marion County Adult Probation
Montgomery - Montgomery County Pretrial Services
Stark - Stark County Pre-Trial Services
Summit - Summit County Pretrial Services
Warren - Warren County Pretrial Services
Williams - Williams County Adult Probation
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma - Oklahoma County Conditional Bond Program
Tulsa - Tulsa County Court Services
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Oregon
Jackson - Jackson County Court Release Services
Jefferson - Jeffersoun County Sheriff/Adult Correctional Facility
Lane - Lane County Circuit Court Pretrial Services
Multnomah - Multnomah County Pretrial Services
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Pennsylvania
Allegheny - Allegheny County Pretrial Services
Armstrong - Armstrong County Probation Department
Berks - BCPS/Pretrial Services
Butler - Butler County Adult Probation
Cambria - Cambria County Adult Probation
Centre - Centre Alternatives to Community Justice
Chester - Chester County Bail and Pretrial Services
Dauphin - Dauphin County Pretrial Services
Delaware - Delaware County Pretrial/Bail
Franklin - Franklin County Pretrial Release
Lancaster - Lancaster Office of Bail Administration and Pretrial
Lehigh - Lehigh Valley Pretrial Services
Luzerne - Luzerne County Pre-Trial Services
Lycoming - Lycoming County Supervised Bail Program
Northampton - Northampton County Pretrial Services
Philadelphia - Pretrial Service Division
Somerset - Somerset County Probation Bond
Venango - Venango County Adult/Juvenile Court Supervision
Westermoreland - Westermoreland County Pretrial Services
Wyoming - Wyoming County Bail Supervision
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Puerto Rico
San Juan - Oficina de Servicios con Antelacion al Jucio
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Rhode Island
No program listed
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South Carolina
No program listed
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South Dakota
No program listed
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Tennessee
Davidson - General Sessions Court Pretrial Services
Shelby - Shelby County Pretrial Services
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Texas
Bexar - Bexar County Pretrial Services
Collin - Collin County Pre-Trial Release
Denton - Denton County Pretrial Release
Fannin - Fannin County Adult Probation
Gregg - Gregg County Pretrial Services
Harris - Harris County Pretrial Services
Orange - Orange County Pretrial Release
Smith - Smith County Pretrial Release
Tarrant - Tarrant County Pretrial Services
Travis - Travis County Pretrial Services
Webb - Webb County Pre Trial Services
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Utah
Salt Lake - Salt Lake County Criminal Justice
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Vermont
No program listed
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Virgin Islands
Christiansted - Superior Court
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Virginia
Alexandria - Alexandria Criminal Justice Services
Arlington - Arlington Sheriff's Office Pretrial Services
Chesapeake - Chesapeake Community Corrections
Chesterfield - Chesterfield County Pretrial Services
Fairfax - Fairfax Court Services Division
Fauquier - Fauquier County Office of Adult Court Services
Frederick - Pretrial Services Agency
Halifax - Halifax/Pittsylvania Court Services
Hampton - Hampton-Newport News Pretrial Services
Hanover - Hanover County Community Corrections
Henrico - Henrico County Community Corrections
Jefferson - OAR/Jefferson Area Community Corrections
Loudoun - Loudoun County Community Corrections and Pretrial Services
Lynchburg - Lynchburg Community Correction
Middle Peninsula - Middle Peninsula Pretrial Serivces
Norfolk - Norfolk Criminal Justice Services
Orange - Central Virginia Regional Jail Pretrial Program
Piedmont - Piedmont Court Services
Portsmouth - Portsmouth Community Corrections
Prince William - Prince William County Office of Criminal Justice Services
Richmond - Richmond City Pretrial Services
Roanoke - Court Community Corrections
Rockingham - Rockingham-Harrisonburg Court
Salem - Court-Community Corrections Program
Southside - Southside Community Corrections
Stafford - Rappahannock Regional Jail Pretrial Services
Stauton - Blue Ridge Court Services
Virginia Beach - Virginia Beach Community Corrections
Williamsburg - Colonial Community Corrections Pretrial Services
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Washington
Clark - Clark County Corrections ROR/JR
Cowlitz - Cowlitz County Pre-Trial Release
King - King County Pretrial
Pierce - Pierce County PreTrial Services
Spokane - Spokane County Pretrial Services
Yakima - Pretrial Services
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West Virginia
No program listed
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Wisconsin
Kenosha - Kenosha Pretrial Program
Milwaukee - Justice 2000 Pretrial Intervention and Wisconsin Community Services
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Wyoming
No program listed
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