Some Wisconsin counties use risk assessment tools to predict who will skip out on court or commit new crimes; critics say there are better ways to cut incarceration.
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Debate rages over whether pretrial risk assessments are racially biased
Some researchers say there is not enough evidence to know whether pretrial risk assessment tools will reduce or exacerbate discrimination that already exists in the justice system.
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Q & A: Risk assessments explained
Questions and answers about pretrial risk assessments and their role in the criminal justice system.
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Poor stay in jail while rich go free: Rethinking cash bail in Wisconsin
Across the country, poor defendants can spend days, weeks — even years — behind bars awaiting trial, an approach that judges increasingly find is unconstitutional.