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Causes: Crime & Law, Legal Services
Mission: To coordinate legal representation to indigent persons.
Programs: Representation program - to coordinate representation to indigent persons. Includes assigned attorneys, experts, investigators, and court transcription services necessary during legal proceedings.
town arraignments program - this project is intended to coordinate representation at arraignment in the 14 largest justice courts, before 33 judges. This project will provide counsel at arraignment for approximately 90% of defendants arraigned in town and courts.
justice assistance grant program - provides arraignment and other services to special (defined) populations to get people with non-violent offenses released from jail by eliminating the barriers to their release.