Throughout our readings it has become evident that the current relationship between jail and public safety is tumultuous. Public safety has not been increased as the use of jails has increased. In fact holding low and moderate risk defendants in jail during pretrial for even just two to three days is strongly associated with increased rates of recidivism. When low and moderate risk offenders are held from two to thirty days in jail the risk of them recidivating increases significantly when compared to defendants held for less than twenty-four hours. Therefore, jails use as detaining pretrial is shown to be more detrimental to public safety than helpful (Lowenkamp, VanNostrand, & Holsinger, 2013). The use of jails has continued to grow since
