 The program likewise aims to reduce the county jail population by increasing arrestees’ likelihood of pretrial release A study from the California Policy Lab at University of California Berkeley found that the program saved $806,508 in taxpayer money and thousands of jail beds during its first five months of operation.The office was featured in the 2002 PBS documentary "Presumed Guilty", a film about the San Francisco Public Defender's office, its difficult cases and complex defense strategies.Another film, the 2017 independent documentary "Defender", was named the 2017 Best Documentary at ITVFest (Independent Television Festival).