Defenders connect clients to community services and supports from the beginning stages of the criminal justice process.
The Defender social service team understands the importance of ensuring that clients are viewed as a complete person rather than a case file.
Defender Social Workers focus on connecting clients with services at the front-end of the criminal justice system by developing individualized, community-based treatment plans to focus on a person’s underlying needs and challenges.
By meeting with clients at the earliest possible point in the case, we support and humanize our clients so that the criminal justice system makes high-stakes decisions about the person rather than the charges.
We provide timely referrals and connections to services, including:
For questions or additional information about community partnerships, please reach out to:
Since 1934, we have believed that poverty shouldn’t prevent access to justice. Everyone, regardless of income, deserves the highest quality legal counsel.
ICYMI: click the link in our bio to read the @phillyinquirer story on PA’s historic investment in #public defense:
“[#Phillydefenders is] of the better-funded — albeit still underfunded — public defender offices in Pennsylvania. Without the funding we receive from the city, our office wouldn’t be able to provide our clients with the high-quality legal representation the constitution requires,” said @khudson_phillydefender.
www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/pennsylvania-public-defender-office-funding-20240314.html
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“For our justice system to work efficiently, we can’t only fund the law enforcement, prosecution and punitive elements.”
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Next to last in the nation: PA finally provides funding for indigent defense
Appropriating $7.5 million, and a promise of $2.5 million more in the next budget, PA now funds indigent defense. Only South Dakota does not provide statewide funding for indigent public defense,0 CommentsComment on Facebook
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March 18: Virtual Press Conference
On Gideon Day, public defense chiefs from across the U.S. will hold a virtual press briefing to challenge misleading narratives about crime.
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ICYMI: Read the @phillyinquirer story on PA’s historic investment in #public defense:
https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/pennsylvania-public-defender-office-funding-20240314.html