Overview

State law requires the Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) and the Office of Court Administration (OCA) to provide information to the public that details pretrial release decisions made by judges upon arraignment, including release on recognizance, bail, or non-monetary conditions, as well as remand to custody.

DCJS and OCA coordinated and compiled one comprehensive data file to meet the statutory reporting obligations because neither agency maintains all the data necessary to fulfill the requirements under the bail reform law. Data within the file include the sex, race, and ethnicity of the individual arrested; the most serious arrest charge; the number and type of charges the individual has faced previously; and if the individual failed to appear in court or was re-arrested while the case was pending, among other data. The information provided does not identify the individuals charged.

View Pretrial Release Data

This file contains data from Jan. 1, 2020, through Dec. 31, 2025, as reported by New York City criminal courts (excluding community courts), 61 city and two district courts outside of New York City, and all Superior Courts, which started reporting data in 2021. An additional file contains data for town and village justice courts outside of New York City, which started reporting in 2023.

 

 

Supplemental Pretrial Release Data File

DCJS and OCA also coordinated and compiled a Supplemental Pretrial Release Data File, which details cases arraigned in 2019, prior to the bail law changes, and cases arraigned from 2020 through 2024.

Download Supplemental Pretrial Release Data File

 

Supplemental Pretrial Release Data Documents

  • Supplemental Pretrial Release Summary Tables 2019-2024

    These tables present pretrial release decisions and final case dispositions for arraignments in New York City Criminal Courts (NYC) and City and District Courts outside of New York City (Non-NYC) from Jan. 1, 2019, through Dec. 31, 2024. Town and Village Justice Courts arraignment trends are available beginning July 1, 2023.

    Download

Discovery Reform Annual Reports

Criminal Procedure Law Article 245 (Discovery) established new, accelerated timeframes for the sharing of evidence between the prosecution and defense during the pretrial period. The law requires automatic discovery of materials, establishes a presumption of sharing, and sets specific timeframes for the sharing of evidence between the prosecution and defense during the pretrial period.