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Tierra Simms has walked the two blocks from her SoMa workplace to the 7th Street jail countless times. After each visit, the 37-year-old returns with one or a handful of people just released from jail. Many lug their belongings in transparent plastic bags as they follow her back to her office.
Her job — and the bulk of the work at the San Francisco Pretrial Diversion Project (opens in new tab) — is ensuring that those released from jail during their legal proceedings return for court hearings and stay out of trouble in the meantime…