In 1994, a national plan was developed to reduce unnecessary detention. The plan focused on the use of alternatives to detention. Around the same time, a plan was developed by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts to transfer funds to pretrial services offices to aid in providing alternatives to detention and reduce jail crowding. The plan to reduce unnecessary detention failed to focus on the outside influences for the increase in detention rate and focused only on some factors under the control of pretrial services contributing to unnecessary detention, such as inefficient operations, under-use or inappropriate use of alternatives, and over-reliance on the charge or penalty. The rise in detention may be due to factors outside the control of pretrial services. Some of these factors include: (1) a 10-year increase (1989-1999) in violent offenders and illegal aliens; (2) an increase in defendants refusing to be interviewed by pretrial services; (3) the number of defendants appearing on writs; and (4) a large number of defendants unable to meet conditions of release. However, reducing unnecessary detention was an expected result of establishing pretrial services in the Federal system and it should be a result. It was recommended that a study be conducted to define and determine a national necessary detention rate.