Pretrial and Probation: What’s the Same? What’s Different? Comparison of Risk, Supervision and Legal Status of Pretrial Defendants and Probationers
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SESSION INFO

Tuesday, August 30, 2022
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM
Session Type: Workshop
Nearly 40% of pretrial services agencies are under probation authorities. (Pretrial Justice Institute. (2009). Survey of Pretrial Services Programs.) Pretrial and probation authorities share many evidence-based strategies and practices. However, there are major differences between the two that probation authorities with pretrial functions should realize. Most significant are the differences in legal status between defendants and individuals under community supervision and the purposes of pretrial and probation intervention. This workshop will describe the legal differences in legal status between pretrial defendants and individuals of community supervision--mainly how the rights of defendants do not diminish as much as those of sentenced individuals--and how these differences should inform the assessment, supervision, and treatment of these two groups.

SESSION PRESENTERS
Gregory Ronald Crawford
Correctional Program Specialist, National Institute of Corrections


Greg Crawford is a Correctional Program Specialist at the National Institute of Corrections (NIC). In addition to having a master’s degree in organizational leadership from Chapman University, Greg has extensive leadership and criminal justice experience, which includes more than 20 years working in a misdemeanant probation department and a community-based mental health center prior to joining NIC. At NIC, Greg developed the Veterans Compendium Project. This project gives stakeholders resources for justice-involved veterans at every point in the criminal justice system, from law enforcement, veteran’s treatment courts, local jails, prisons, and reentry. The most recent publication focused on specialized housing units for veterans in prisons. The next resource in the series will address reentry for veterans. Greg partnered with the Center for Court Innovation to develop a case planning protocol for justice-involved veterans and to create the first specialized set of screening and assessment tools for veterans. He collaborated with American University and the Bureau of Justice Assistance to pilot test the tools in multiple jurisdictions with the goal of making the tools the standard for the field. Greg also worked with the Center for Court Innovation to develop a curriculum that focuses on responsivity issues for justice-involved veterans. The curriculum addresses military culture, service-related trauma, difficulties with transition from military to civilian life, and the development of basic skills for officers to manage the justice-involved veterans on their caseloads more effectively. NIC is now working with Temple University to convert the curriculum into an e-course. Greg is the co-chair of the American Probation and Parole Association’s Justice-Involved Veterans Committee and manages the NIC-sponsored Justice-Involved Veterans Network (JIVN). In addition, he was recently appointed to the Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans (ACHV) led by the Veterans Health Administration. Greg’s other projects include dosage-based probation and pretrial. Greg is a US Air Force veteran passionate about improving the lives of those who served our country.

Mr. Troy Hatfield
Deputy Chief Probation Officer, Monroe Circuit Court Probation Department


Troy Hatfield is the Deputy Chief Probation Officer in Monroe County, Indiana. He has over 24 years of experience in community supervision and currently oversees adult and juvenile probation and the court alcohol and drug program. Troy also serves as the president of the Probation Officers Professional Association of Indiana.

Gilbert Jaramillo
Data Analyst, NM Administrative Office of the Courts


Gilbert Jaramillo has worked to implement Legal and Evidence Based Pretrial Practices in New Mexico for the last 10 years. He began his pretrial justice career in 2012 as a Lead Pretrial Services Officer. He was then promoted to Assistant Division Director in 2016 and Director in February 2019 before accepting his current position with the New Mexico Administrative Office of the Courts in May 2021. As the Division Director for the Judicial Supervision and Diversion Programs at the Second Judicial District Court in Albuquerque, New Mexico, he managed the largest felony level court in the state, supervising approximately 1500 pretrial defendants per year. In addition to pretrial supervision, he also managed the Background Investigations Unit and Jail Diversion Programs. During his time in the Pretrial field he has successfully developed a robust pretrial services program, making treatment and services available to multiple individuals through enhanced treatment court programs. He is currently responsible for the data collection policies, procedures, and infrastructure for the State of New Mexico’s pretrial initiatives. He continues to build the infrastructure necessary to report outcomes on the pretrial implementation efforts in New Mexico and inform best and promising practices throughout the State. His expertise in the field of pretrial justice and pretrial reform has allowed him to train other courts and jurisdictions on both a local and national level.