Strategy 3: Help local governments use jail space cost-effectively.

Set statewide standards to improve consistency in jail data collection and reporting, including behavioral health data.
Use financial incentives to improve data collection and analysis.
Support collaboration among counties to collect and analyze data.
Assess the impact of state policies on jails and prisons.
Track and publish pretrial performance measures, including failure to appear and rearrest rates by risk level.
Support data sharing between criminal justice agencies.

Require use of a validated pretrial risk assessment tool.
Provide funding to increase adoption of risk assessments, as needed.
Establish clear criteria with due process protections for pretrial detention based on risk, and eliminate use of bond schedules.
Establish and support pretrial services.
Promote use of citation in lieu of arrest.
Promote court and jail-based diversion by statutorily defining eligibility for diversion and establishing timing of appointment of counsel.
Fund local diversion approaches for people who have behavioral health needs that demonstrate alignment with locally identified needs, gaps, and circumstances.
Provide resources to support the prosecution’s and defense counsel’s engagement prior to initial court appearances.