Free criminal defence and prisoners' rights help in New York

6 organisations · New York, United States

6 organisations in New York offer free or low-cost criminal defence and prisoners' rights help. Types of organisation: 5 NGOs, 1 university law clinic. Access: 1 free for everyone, 1 reserved for specific groups. Most offered languages: English, Spanish, French.

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.

Organisations

• 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

Other needs covered in New York

• Children & youth
• Civil rights & discrimination
• Consumer & debt
• Domestic & family violence
• Family
• Housing & tenancy
• Human rights
• Immigration & asylum
• Intellectual property
• Refugee rights

Orientation only, not legal advice. Information aggregated from public sources: always check with the organisation before relying on any entry.