ACP coordinates the assignment of attorneys to represent individuals who cannot afford to retain an attorney in various Criminal and Family Court matters.
ACP coordinates the assignment of attorneys to represent individuals who cannot afford to retain an attorney in various Criminal and Family Court matters.
The public defender crisis isn't just a Massachusetts problem
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From Oregon to Massachusetts, states are struggling to maintain a roster of attorneys to take on public defense cases. The number of cases is rising while more attorneys are balking at what they say a...
Summers Are Brutal in New York’s Prisons. This Year Is Worse Than…
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Short-staffed since a strike this winter, the prison system is keeping people locked in their boiling cells and dorms for upwards of 21 hours a day.
State Cops Quietly Tag Thousands as Gang Members — and Feed Their Names to ICE
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Gang databases are often racially biased and riddled with errors. States and cities send their flawed information to ICE.
FOILED again: How NY police put up barriers to accessing free public records
www.poughkeepsiejournal.com
"That departments make these documents so hard to access is nothing new, but it ...makes it seem like they have something they don’t want us to see.”
Prisoners’ Phone Calls Will Soon Be Free in New York State
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The move will save the loved ones of the state’s more than 30,000 prisoners over $13 million a year, advocates say.
