1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Pretrial Integrity and Safety Act of 2017 . 2. Purpose and findings (a) Purpose The purpose of this Act is to provide grants to States and Indian tribes to reform their criminal justice system to encourage the replacement of the use of payment of money bail as a condition of pretrial release in criminal cases. (b) Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The money bail system has proven to be an ineffective method of protecting public safety. Research shows that under money bail systems, nearly 50 percent of defendants who were determined to be high-risk were allowed to return to the community with little or no effective oversight simply because they could afford to pay the amount set for money bail. (2) Other studies have shown that for low-risk individuals, pretrial detention for even short periods makes it more likely the individuals will commit new crimes following release. Low-risk defendants held for as little as 3 days are 40 percent more likely to commit a crime during the pretrial period compared to comparable defendants released within 24 hours. (3) According to the Arnold Foundation, Compared to individuals released within 24 hours of arrest, low-risk defendants held 2–3 days were 17 percent more likely to commit another crime within two years. Detention periods of 4–7 days yielded a 35 percent increase in re-offense rates. And defendants held for 8–14 days were 51 percent more likely to recidivate than defendants who were detained less than 24 hours. . (4) Jailing arrested individuals before trial is the greatest expense generated by current pretrial justice practice. Unconvicted detainees account for 95 percent of jail population growth, nationally, since 2000. Taxpayers now spend approximately $38,000,000 per day to jail individuals who are awaiting trial. Annually, this adds up to $14,000,000,000 used to detain individuals. (5) Unnecessary detention may be counterproductive and undermine an important purpose of money bail—specifically to produce the