Santiago Tobon

Universidad EAFIT Website

Santiago Tobón is Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Research in Economics and Finance (CIEF) at Universidad EAFIT. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Universidad de los Andes.

Voting History

Pretrial detention

Reducing the number of people detained pretrial will lead to a net increase in crime in the medium- to long-term.

Vote Confidence
Disagree 9
Median Survey Vote Median Survey Confidence
Disagree 7
Comments

Most evidence suggests harsh prison conditions increase recidivism. In most of the world prisons are overcrowded and over-use of pretrial detention only increases overcrowding. Hence, in most circumstances, reducing the number of people detained pre-trail might actually reduce crime. The exceptions could be those cases with a large excess capacity in prisons/jails

Ending the use of cash bail will meaningfully reduce the number of people detained pretrial.

Vote Confidence
Neutral/No Opinion 5
Median Survey Vote Median Survey Confidence
Agree 7
Comments

Using risk assessment to inform detention decisions will meaningfully reduce the number of people detained pretrial.

Vote Confidence
Neutral/No Opinion 8
Median Survey Vote Median Survey Confidence
Neutral/No Opinion 5
Comments

It depends on how the assessment tools are implemented and which are the cutoffs that prosecutors and judges use to decide whether or not to send someone to prison