A criminal case can cause any parent to live their worst nightmare. Being arrested separates families in acutely traumatic ways: parents handcuffed in front of children; periods of incarceration keeping parents absent from their children’s childhoods; and criminal protective orders never intended to cause long-term parent-child separation, but do.
How Partners for Justice is helping
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Training staff attorneys and support staff on the enmeshed penalties of criminal legal contact and how it can affect a person's parental rights.
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Designing easy-to-use guides and resources for attorneys, parents, and other Advocates.
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Offering advice and support for public defender clients navigating family separation in California unrepresented.
We are happy to hear from you! If you have any questions or want to get involved with Partners for Justice, please feel free to send us an email.
