There’s a great opinion article from the Sacramento Observer regarding the perils of using an algorithmic-based tool to replace money bail. Algorithmic-based tools have raised concerns about privacy, racial prejudice and potential violations of a person’s constitutional rights. There are over 100 national and local civil rights groups that favor the end of the money bail […]

“A suspect accused of drug possession was only out of jail for 12 hours before he found himself back in handcuffs, accused of a brand new crime. Police arrested Myles Harger Saturday night on drug charges and for bringing a knife into jail when he was booked. Then he was released on Monday evening. However, […]

“Michael James Sammon, 28, was arrested on April 25 on charges of battery and criminal damages to property. Sammon was later released and FREE TO GO under NM Bail Reform after the Arnold Foundation’s ‘Pretrial Risk Assessment’ tool determined that he was not a danger to the community or a flight risk… Well, he failed […]

KOB – News 4 Albuquerque By: Meg Hilling The list of those in leadership frustrated with the risk assessment application known Arnold Tool is getting longer. The San Juan County district attorney voiced concern about the tool following an officer-involved shooting in Farmington. In recently obtained courtroom audio, a San Juan County prosecutor can be […]

Arnold Foundation Pretrial Algorithm Raises Serious Questions According to San Francisco Chronicle reporter Vivian Ho: “A computer program that assigns risk scores to San Francisco criminal defendants is itself under scrutiny after it helped free a 19-year-old man who, just days later, allegedly gunned down a 71-year-old stranger on Twin Peaks.” Since 2016, the city […]