Why Is Pretrial Services Important?

Pretrial services programs can be valuable resources for making significant improvements in the criminal justice system because they are used in the early stages of the criminal case process. Unnecessary detention before trial not only results in unnecessary jail costs, it also deprives defendants of their liberty.

What are the importances of pretrial release programs?

Pretrial Services programs provide crucial information to judicial officers to assist with the bail decisions and to provide supervision and services to pretrial defendants that will promote public safety and court appearance.

Is pretrial release good?

More favourable sentencing outcomes: It has been demonstrated that receiving pretrial release may result in more positive sentencing outcomes and it is suggested that this is because they have more access to their attorneys and are less likely to be viewed unfavourably by juries.