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Richmond, California’s Early Representation Program
In January of this year, JMI began working with the Contra Costa County Office of the Public Defender to facilitate strategic planning and evaluate its Early Representation Program (EarlyRep) in Richmond, California. EarlyRep is a program designed to provide immediate representation for persons with misdemeanor offenses – before their cases are heard in court – in order to avoid arrests and jail time for indigent defendants and prevent the many, associated collateral consequences, such as loss of employment, interruption in medical care, and lack of supervision for their children. (Read more)
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New Orleans Municipal and Traf fic Court
The Justice Management Institute, with funding from the State Justice Institute, is providing technical assistance to the City of New Orleans Municipal and Traffic Courts, to create case management policies and assignment and docketing procedures as an important step on the road to consolidation of the two courts, as of January 2017. The project is expected to continue through Spring 2017. (Read more)
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