Every day, people facing criminal charges encounter challenges which can rapidly escalate to become life-altering problems. These challenges are more safely, easily, and efficiently resolved through early intervention.
–75,000
Days in jail
Our team has saved clients an estimated 75,000 days in jail, yielding millions of dollars in potential taxpayer savings
4,300
CLIENTS
4,300+ clients connected with community-based social services
We envision a world where the legal system reflects the humanity, complexity, and potential of those who experience it and its outcomes ensure the opportunity to move forward with one's future intact.
Partners for Justice provides collaborative support services to people facing criminal charges, while helping public defenders protect people from incarceration and other criminal penalties.
Learn more about what we do ›1
We embed specialty-trained teams within public defender offices to meet housing, employment, educational, health and mental health needs for clients.
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We build capacity for public defender offices through resources and collaboration.
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We create and distribute resources to public defender offices in our network.
Alice is the sole caregiver to her elderly parents, who are in poor health. It's been hard for her to meet all of their needs. Due to a criminal charge, she lost her job in the midst of the pandemic. She resorted to selling personal belongings to pay her bills.
Alice's Advocate made a successful case for her to get emergency relief for rent payments and other essentials. The Advocate connected her with benefits to ensure she had food and necessities. Alice also secured a job interview after her Advocate helped her with the application. All these positive developments will work in her favor as her case proceeds through the court, maximizing the chance that Alice will be able to move forward without a criminal record.
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Partners for Justice works closely with leaders in the field of public defense and access to justice, both nationally and in our local programs with public defender offices across the country. Our goal is to augment existing systems to better support people facing criminal charges.
Pablo, MT
The Tribal Defender's Office for the Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
THE ALAMEDA COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER’S OFFICE
SANTA CRUZ PUBLIC DEFENDERS
The Yolo County Public Defender's Office
DELAWARE VALLEY
THE DELAWARE OFFICE OF DEFENSE SERVICES
The Delaware County Office of the Public Defender
ANN ARBOR, MI
washtenaw county office of the public defender
NEW ORLEANS, LA
ORLEANS PUBLIC DEFENDERS
GREATER LOS ANGELES
THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE
HOUSTON, TX
THE HARRIS COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER’S OFFICE
LAWRENCE, Ks
KANSAS HOLISTIC DEFENDERS
Miami, FL
The Miami-Dade Public Defender's Office
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Quick summary about that post here. Partners for Justice trains non-attorney Advocates to provide clients with case navigation and wraparound…
