Opposing Mandatory Pre-Trial Detention in Connecticut

Criminological research is clear: harsh pre-trial detention—whether in the form of cash bail or mandatory confinement—is not an effective tool of community safety. Furthermore, it tends to exacerbate race- and class-based inequality in the criminal justice system. In view of these empirical realities, many jurisdictions, over the last decade, have been moving steadily away from pre-trial detention. Connecticut should as well.