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Posts by Heidi Wolff-Stanton

Pre-Trial Supervision Programs are Not an Alternative to Jail if They are Unaffordable

Over the last several years, counties and states have enacted pre-trial supervision policies and programs for individuals that are charged with crimes, in attempts to get individuals out of jail while awaiting trial. Pre-trial supervision is similar to supervision imposed when an individual is convicted of a crime and they are then placed on probation, parole, or placed in treatment programs.

Heidi Wolff-StantonApril 20, 2022