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Our Mission
The Pennsylvania Pretrial Services Association has been organized to educate practitioners and the general public about pretrial services, to promote and disseminate research and act as a forum for new ideas in pretrial services, to provide technical assistance in establishing new Pretrial Services Agencies, and overall, to promote the establishment of professional pretrial services throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, all of which benefit defendants, victims, witnesses, other criminal justice agencies, and the general public.
Bail Must be…
- A Release Decision
- Individualized
- Not arbitrary
“In our society liberty is the norm, and detention prior to trial or without trial is the carefully limited exception.”
Chief Justice Rehnquist
United States v. Salerno, 1987
The Need For Pretrial Reform In Pennsylvania
The founders of the Association saw a need to plan a strategy for addressing jail overcrowding, and to demonstrate the effect that Pretrial Release and Pretrial Diversion programs could have on the quality of justice in Pennsylvania. Collectively, the expertise of the board members was brought together to address issues that directly affect the delivery and expansion of pretrial-release services in the state.
Our Membership
Allegheny County Pretrial Services
Armstrong County Probation Department
Bucks County Adult Probation/Parole Dept.
Center for Alternatives in Community Justice
Union County Probation
York County Probation
Northampton County Pretrial
Chester County Bail and Pretrial Services Agency
Connections Works/Pretrial Services
Huntingdon County Pretrial Services
Dauphin County Pretrial Services
Erie County Department of Corrections
Lancaster County Bail Admin
Franklin County Adult Probation, Pre-trial Unit
Lehigh Valley Pretrial Services, Inc.
First Judicial District of PA Pretrial Services Division
Pretrial Services of Montgomery County