Free criminal defence and prisoners' rights help in the United States

What this covers

Defence for people who cannot afford a lawyer, police custody, bail, appeals and wrongful convictions, detention conditions and the rights of prisoners.

By city

• New York 6 organisations

Organisations

Ann Arbor

• Clinical Law Program University clinic · English

Atlanta

• Southern Center for Human Rights NGO · English, Spanish

Berkeley

• Prison Law Office NGO · English, Spanish

Chicago

• Bluhm Legal Clinic University clinic · English, Spanish
• Mandel Legal Aid Clinic University clinic · English, Spanish

Houston

• Texas Innocence Network University clinic · English, Spanish

Ithaca

• Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide University clinic · English, Spanish

Los Angeles

• Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking NGO · English, Spanish

Montgomery

• Equal Justice Initiative NGO · English, Spanish

New Haven

• Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization University clinic · English, Spanish

New Orleans

• Innocence Project New Orleans NGO · English, Spanish

New York

• Clinical Programs University clinic · English, Spanish
• Innocence Project NGO · English, Spanish
• Open Society Justice Initiative NGO · English
• The International Legal Foundation (ILF) NGO · English
• The Legal Aid Society NGO · Spanish
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Justice for Children NGO · English, French, Spanish

Philadelphia

• Juvenile Law Center NGO · English, Spanish

Richmond

• Virginia Judicial System Court Self-Help Association / Network · English

San Diego

• California Innocence Project University clinic · English, Spanish

San Francisco

• Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA) NGO · English, Spanish

Stanford

• Mills Legal Clinic University clinic · English

Washington

• Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) NGO · Spanish, English, Portuguese
• Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project NGO · English, Spanish

Other needs covered in the United States

• Children & youth
• Civil rights & discrimination
• Consumer & debt
• Disability
• Domestic & family violence
• Elder law
• Employment & workers' rights
• Environment
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• Generalist
• Health
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• Veterans
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• Women's rights