Supervised Release is as effective as bail at ensuring people make their court appearances, sparing them the documented harms of pretrial detention and allowing them to receive supportive services in their community. This fact sheet of results from the first five years of the program finds its outcomes remain stable, despite its expansion in 2020 to cover a much larger, more charge-diverse population.
Launched in 2016 across New York City, Supervised Release has diverted nearly 25,000 people from monetary bail and likely pretrial detention, contributing to historic overall declines in the city's jail population.