Chief Defender on PJI Reversal on Risk Assessment Tools

Criminal Justice Reform, Press Release

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 7, 2020 CONTACT: George Jackson  |  267.765.6768  |  gjackson@philadefender.org PHILADELPHIA–“The Defender Association of Philadelphia would like to applaud the Pretrial Justice Institute (PJI) for the public and courageous reversal of their previous position on pre-trial risk assessment tools. As they noted in their latest position paper, these tools ‘can no…