Pretrial risk assessment algorithms are intended to help judges make more informed decisions, but researchers have raised concerns not only about the fairness and accuracy of the tools themselves, but ...

A new algorithm aims to assess the likelihood of defendants being treated unfairly in court. The tool considers details that ought to be immaterial to the ruling — such as the judge’s and defendant’s ...

Corrections officers arrive for a shift at the State Correctional Institution at Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, which is set to bring in inmates from other state prisons that could close, Friday, Jan. 13, ...

Circuit Court of Cook County chief judge Timothy Evans has walked a fine line between respecting his judges' autonomy in setting bond and recommending new computerized assessments for them to consider ...

The reliance on a TIGER score to potentially block a prisoner’s bid for freedom is especially concerning, experts on risk assessment tools say, because most of the factors considered by the algorithm ...

Surveillance isn’t the only area of Baltimore’s justice system that is using little-known technology. The tool considers criteria such as whether the person has prior arrests, their age at their prior ...