The CourtApp Solution

CourtApp is a simple, inexpensive, and a user-friendly application. It is downloaded to the smartphone of police officers on the street, connected to a web application in the office of the prosecutor or other judicial officer responsible for seeking authorization for further detention. The arresting officer will enter the name of the suspect or other basic identifying information in the relevant arrest form.   Using A.I., the officer may also dictate the information that will autofill the form. Depending on the rules of the given jurisdiction, CourtApp will send this information to the prosecutor, who must submit an application to the court for further detention.  Police, prosecutors, and courts have time limits to act and CourtApp will send them reminders of the time remaining to act. CourtApp may also generate timely applications for detention or release and court orders for detention or release. CourtApp could eliminate delays and the resulting unauthorized detention following arrests.

The PrisonApp Solution

The PrisonApp is a simple means to identify persons illegally detained both pre-trial and post-sentence.   Project members with PrisonApp downloaded to their smartphones will interview detained persons, obtaining basic information: name, age, arrest date, basis of arrest, last court appearance, conviction date, and sentence.  As the information is entered in the PrisonApp, it appears simultaneously on a connected web application located where files of the prisoners are held.  Members of the PrisonApp team will review the files and validate the PrisonApp information.  For unentenced persons, the basis of the arrest – the offense - will trigger PrisonApp to calculate the maximum sentence the person could receive if convicted. If that date has passed, the person must be released.  For sentenced persons, the sentence will trigger PrisonApp to calculate the last date of the sentence.  If that date has passed, the person must be released.

CourtApp and PrisonApp could become the first lines of defense against illegal pretrial detention, the most common human right violation.