Redefining the Pretrial Paradigm: A New Model of Success-Based Pretrial Supervision

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Hillary Hartoin currently serves as the Court and Pretrial Services Director in Cass County Indiana and has over ten years of experience in multiple areas of criminal justice, including clerk & court administration, grant management, pretrial supervision, probation and community corrections. She is a certified probation officer, NAPSA Certified Pretrial Services Professional and developed and continues to oversee the Cass County Pretrial Release Program. She has led the implementation of system wide community supervision performance measurement and data analysis in Cass County as the current Local JRAC Chair, specializing in data-driven and evidence-based decision making and CQI. She chair the Indiana Pretrial Data and Coordinator Subcommittees and is an active member of the APPR Pretrial Practitioner Network and NIC Pretrial Executive Network. Hillary is passionate about intentional and need-focused models of supervision that balance opportunity with accountability. In her current role, she also works to advance local jail treatment and programming initiatives and behavioral health services.

Gilbert Jaramillo has worked to implement Legal and Evidence Based Pretrial Practices in New Mexico for the last 12 years. He began his pretrial justice career in 2012 as a Lead Pretrial Services Officer in the Second Judicial District Court of New Mexico. He was then promoted to Assistant Division Director in 2016 and Director in February 2019 before accepting a position with the New Mexico Administrative Office of the Courts in May 2021. As the Division Director for the Judicial Supervision and Diversion Programs at the Second Judicial District Court in Albuquerque, New Mexico, he managed the largest felony level court in the state, supervising approximately 1500 pretrial defendants per year. In addition to pretrial supervision, he also managed the Background Investigations Unit and Treatment Courts. During his time in the Pretrial field, he has successfully developed a robust pretrial services program. He currently oversees the State of New Mexico’s pretrial initiatives. He continues to build the infrastructure necessary to report outcomes on the pretrial implementation efforts in New Mexico and inform best and promising practices throughout the State. His expertise in the field of pretrial justice and pretrial reform has allowed him to train other courts and jurisdictions on both a local and national level.

Ken Rose is a National Program Advisor with the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) in the Community Services Division. His projects at NIC involve the Pretrial Executive Network (PEN), pretrial executive directors’ orientation training and curriculum improvements, and the development of an implementation toolkit for the essential elements of a pretrial system and agency, and probation dosage capacity building and toolkit development. Ken also co-manages the Americans with Disabilities (ADA) in the criminal justice system project. With over thirty-four years of experience in pretrial services and corrections at local, state, and federal levels, Ken has focused on pretrial services implementation, pretrial assessments, and other advancements in the pretrial system. In 2014, Ken was honored with the Commonwealth of Virginia Governor’s Award for Innovation and the Virginia Community Criminal Justice Association’s Award of Excellence for his contributions to pretrial system improvements. As the Southeast Regional Director, he served two terms on the National Association of Pretrial Services Agencies (NAPSA) Board of Directors. He received NAPSA’s Member of the Year Award in 2008.