Executive Partners Meghan Guevara and Tenille Patterson co-wrote this piece on whether current bail policies maximize safety, both for the public and for people impacted by the criminal legal system.
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- Noted & Quoted
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- 04/22/23
Executive Partners Meghan Guevara and Tenille Patterson co-wrote this piece on whether current bail policies maximize safety, both for the public and for people impacted by the criminal legal system.
“Eliminating money bail is just one of many steps needed to make the system fair, safe and equitable for everyone.” Meghan Guevara comments on the years-long campaign to address systemic racism in Illinois’ courts and jails.
Tenille Patterson weighs in on PJI’s switch from advocate to opponent of risk-assessment algorithms and growing concerns about the role of algorithms in criminal justice and other arenas.
While an estimated 1,000 U.S. counties are using pretrial risk assessment tools, research suggests that the tools are having little impact on pretrial incarceration rates — Meghan Guevara shares why.
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