Pretrial Services Mission:

The mission of the United States Pretrial Services Office is to perform all the statutory functions intended by Congress in order to: (1) provide judicial officers with thorough verified defendant information necessary to make informed release or detention decisions; (2) reduce unnecessary detention; (3) provide judicial officers with alternatives to detention; (4) supervise persons released to the custody of Pretrial Services; (5) reasonably assure community safety and the reappearance of the defendant; (6) investigate and supervise persons referred to the pretrial diversion program .