“…Pretrial detention in the United States has contributed to massive increases in the size of our jail population (Menefee, 2018;Stephen, 1984;Zeng & Minton, 2021), and current practices have been shown to contribute to a cascade of negative criminal legal, social, and economic outcomes for defendants (e.g., Dobbie et al, 2018;Heaton et al, 2017;Wakefield & Andersen, 2020). Further, and as has been documented across other legal system phases, these early-stage decisions have disproportionately disadvantaged Black and Latino individuals (e.g., Cadoff et al, 2021;Demuth, 2003;Freiburger et al, 2010;Wooldredge, 2012). A recent wave of reform efforts has signaled the growing support for changes to pretrial policy and practice that increase release rates and address racial and ethnic disparities in detention.…”