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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
A pretrial release program established pursuant to this article shall:
(1) Collect and present the necessary information, present risk assessment and make release recommendations to the court;
(2) Present information to the court relating to the risk defendants may pose in failing to appear in court or of threatening the safety of the community or any other person and, consistent with court policy, develop release recommendations responding to risk;
(3) Develop and provide appropriate and effective supervision for all persons released pending adjudication who are assigned supervision as a condition of release;
(4) Monitor compliance of released defendants with the requirements of assigned release conditions;
(5) Promptly inform the court of all apparent violations of pretrial release conditions or arrests of persons released pending trial, including those directly supervised by pretrial services as well as those released under other forms of conditional release, and recommend appropriate modifications of release conditions;
(6) Coordinate the services of other agencies, individuals or organizations that may serve as custodians for released defendants, and advise the court as to their appropriateness, availability, reliability and capacity relating to pretrial release conditions;
(7) Review the status of detained defendants on an ongoing basis for any changes in eligibility for release options and facilitate their release as soon as feasible and appropriate;
(8) Develop and operate an accurate information management system to support prompt identification, information collections and presentation, risk assessment, release conditions selection, compliance monitoring and detention review functions essential to an effective pretrial release program; and
(9) Remind persons released before trial of their court dates to attempt to facilitate their court appearance.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - West Virginia Code Chapter 62. Criminal Procedure § 62-11F-5. Role of pretrial release programs - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/wv/chapter-62-criminal-procedure/wv-code-sect-62-11f-5/
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