JSP Staff

This resource guides pretrial supervision agencies in moving beyond basic violation reporting to provide courts with comprehensive, contextual information about individuals under supervision. The document addresses how current reporting practices often lack crucial details about why noncompliance occurs—whether due to transportation barriers, work conflicts, inability to afford fees, or other systemic challenges—leading to unnecessarily punitive responses that criminalize poverty. It provides pretrial officers with practical question frameworks and reporting templates that balance documentation of violations with individual progress, strengths, and circumstances, enabling courts to make more informed and equitable decisions about pretrial supervision rather than defaulting to increased restrictions or detention.