Risk assessment algorithm PSA, used to see if pretrial defendants in NJ should be held in jail, has led to jail population drop, yet racial disparities persist (Tom Simonite/Wired)

Tom Simonite / Wired:
Risk assessment algorithm PSA, used to see if pretrial defendants in NJ should be held in jail, has led to jail population drop, yet racial disparities persist  —  A nonprofit group encouraged states to use mathematical formulas to try to eliminate racial inequities.  Now, it says the tools have no place in criminal justice.

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