See How The Release Assessment Is Calculated
This interactive tool shows the eight factors used in the Release Assessment, factor by factor. Read the reasoning behind each factor, how each factor is scored, and how the final score guides the release recommendation.
“Police, prosecutors, defenders, courts, the community, journalists, and others have confidence in the accuracy of CJA’s data” she explains. “CJA provides a common set of facts that can be used to inform major decisions that, in other jurisdictions, are made with little or no data or, worse, bad data.”
“The positive impact CJA has had on the courts has been immeasurable,” says New York State Chief Administrative Judge Joseph Zayas. “For fifty years, CJA has helped make our criminal justice system fairer for all New Yorkers.”
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Highlights from our founding, Supervised Release, and data insights
