Pretrial risk assessment tool provides Alaska courts new information on defendants

Bail hearing at Anchorage Correctional Complex Court
with Judge Douglas H. Kossler presiding.

Beginning January 1, Alaska courts began receiving information from a pretrial risk assessment tool to assist in bail decisions. The goal is to improve public safety by reducing the number of defendants who fail to appear for trial or commit a new crime while out on bail. Read about it in the Winter 2018 Alaska Justice Forum.