United States, Washington
Thurston County Pretrial Services
Public Safety Assessment (PSA)
OperationalOfficial publicationPAI-8E639952
- Body
- Thurston County Pretrial Services
- Country
- United States
- Area
- Washington
- Technology
- Public Safety Assessment (PSA)
- Supplier
- Not stated in the source
- Programme
- Advancing Pretrial Policy and Research (APPR)
- Status
- Operational
In routine use by the named body, on the evidence of a public source. - Stage
- In use now
- Since
- 2023
- Legal basis
- Not stated in the source
- Oversight
- Judicial officers keep authority over detention, release and conditions; the county says it plans to evaluate local data and pretrial outcomes
- Evidence
- Official publication
Police force, government department or public body publication - Source
- Thurston County government news release (undated); The Chronicle (Centralia), 2 October 2023
- Last checked
- Record code
PAI-8E639952
Notes
Thurston County, Washington, announced the official launch of the Public Safety Assessment, described as a nationally validated pretrial risk tool that researchers at RTI International validated on the county's population. Pretrial Services staff complete it for adults booked into the county jail who are coming before the court for a release decision, and judicial officers, prosecutors and defence counsel use the result as one input. The county states that the tool does not make decisions. It was implemented under the national Advancing Pretrial Policy and Research initiative. The county's page is undated; The Chronicle of Centralia reported the launch announcement on 2 October 2023, so the start is given as 2023. No later source on its use was found.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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