Thank you.
One of the most important things we can look at is thinking about the ways we can support people in the community. What we want to be doing is thinking about, when folks are coming out, how we can best support them. What is it that they need to be able to continue to come back to court as required and to comply with all of the conditions?
These are some of the things that were already spoken about by Michael Spratt's talking about bail verification and supervision programs or bail beds. These are the kinds of opportunities that can provide the support that folks might ultimately need.
The other critical thing that we really need to be doing is system minimization, finding alternative ways of holding people accountable for relatively minor things. It's not to say that we don't do anything, but to the extent that we can keep them out of bail court so we can really focus our time and resources on those things that are most risky or most dangerous will allow us to not only move people through the process in a timely manner but reserve detention for those for whom it is absolutely required.
