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The Marshall Project: Police Arrested Fewer People During Coronavirus Shutdowns—Even Fewer Were White
“Dawit Getachew, a public defender at the Bronx Defenders in New York, says he’s seen the racial disparity in arrests before and after the pandemic,…
City Limits: Opinion: Don’t Leave the Vulnerable with Less Defense in NYC Courtrooms
“COVID-19 has upended every aspect of public life. It has also exposed and exacerbated the racial and economic disparities that have long existed in this…
CityLimits: City’s Courts Seen Lacking in Interpreters
“The situation is complicated when these organizations cannot pay for private simultaneous translation services and the lawyers are not bilingual. If a defendant is in…
The City: Parents Seeking Return of Children First Must Forge Connections On Screens
“At the Bronx Defenders, which is working with the Bronx mother, efforts to reunify families are sometimes cut short by an agency’s insistence that a…
Tahanee Dunn Presents Testimony at New York City Council Committee on Criminal Justice and Committee on the Justice System Re: COVID-19 in City Jails and Juvenile Detention Facilities
New York City Council Committee on Criminal Justice and Committee on the Justice System Re: COVID-19 in City Jails and Juvenile Detention Facilities May 19th,…
City Limits: Acceso a justicia para quienes no hablan inglés se parece a una sala de emergencia
La situación es complicada cuando las organizaciones no pueden pagar por servicios privados de traducción simultánea y además los abogados no son bilingües. Si un…
Talk Poverty: Coronavirus Could Cost Parents Custody of Kids in Foster Care
“In some states, like New York and California, there have been no official statewide orders cutting off all in-person visitation; instead agencies have been directed…
Revolt: Lil Tjay partners with The Bronx Defenders to support inmates amidst pandemic
“Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, low-income black and brown communities like the Bronx have been hit the hardest,” Bronx Defenders Executive Director Justine Olderman said…
City Limits: Opinion: ICE Detention Facilities Have Failed to Protect People from COVID-19
“As COVID-19 continues to devastate the country, we have witnessed the failure of Immigration Customs & Enforcement (ICE) to prevent the transmission of the coronavirus…
Telegram: Former Wachusett star Jeremy Bennie, now a public defender, experiences New York during pandemic
“I fell in love with the work, I fell in love with the people, I fell in love with being able to represent clients and…