Albany County
ALBANY COUNTY PRETRIAL RELEASE SERVICES PROGRAM
William Connors, Probation Director
60 South Pearl Street
Albany, NY 12207-1508
Phone: (518) 487-5200, Fax: (518) 487-5204
Albany County Probation Department
This program provides pretrial services to the courts of Albany County. Courts depend on this quality service provided to defendants who are released after having been arraigned. Probation staff also interview eligible persons at Albany County Correctional Facility post arraignment and Albany City Court Pre Arraignment. A validated risk instrument is utilized, and prepared reports are sent to the applicable Courts.
ALBANY COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER-BASED ADVOCACY PROGRAM
Hon. Stephen W. Herrick, Public Defender
112 State Street
Albany, NY 12207
Phone: (518) 447-7153, Fax: (518) 447-5533
Albany County Public Defender's Office
This program provides the criminal courts with client specific plans for selected, non-violent defendants, to alleviate long-term pretrial detention for selected defendants, and provide a basis for alternatives to incarceration sentencing recommendations by defense counsel. The project provides information referral services and pretrial release plans. In addition, the project prepares alternative sentencing proposals that outline non-incarcerative dispositions and include detailed narratives regarding the defendant's social history, current circumstance and criminal involvement.
ALBANY COUNTY JAIL-BASED CBI PROGRAM
Harris Oberlander, LCSW-R, Chief Executive Officer
Trinity Alliance of the Capital Region, Inc.
15 Trinity Place
Albany, NY 12202
Phone: (518) 449-5155, Ext. 116 Fax: (518) 689-0379
Albany County Correctional Facility
The Trinity Alliance Jail-Based cognitive based intervention (CBI) Program uniquely prepares participants to return to their community, neighborhood, and family by providing a CBI (Interactive Journaling) to those incarcerated at the Albany County Correctional Facility and provides applicable individuals with a transition plan.