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Hurricane Katrina helped change New Orleans' public defender system : Consider This from NPR : NPR
Hurricane Katrina helped change New Orleans' public defender system : Consider This from NPR : NPR
In 2006, Ari Shapiro reported on how Hurricane Katrina made an already broken public defender system in New Orleans worse. The court system collapsed in the aftermath of the storm.Katrina caused horrific destruction in New Orleans. It threw incarcerated people into a sort of purgatory - some were lost in prisons for more than a year. But the storm also cleared the way for changes that the city's public defender system had needed for decades. Two decades later, Shapiro returns to New Orleans and finds a system vastly improved.For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.Email us at considerthis@npr.org.
IT'S GIVING TUESDAY: Donate to our Client Impact Fund
IT'S GIVING TUESDAY: Donate to our Client Impact Fund
OPD's Client Impact Fund ensures people have what they need to navigate the criminal legal system from a place of stability and hope. Every contribution, big or small, strengthens our work and our community. Thank you from all of us at OPD. All donations are tax deductible. Tax ID: 72-0802780
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Equal Justice Depends on Properly Funding Public Defenders - The Hill
Equal Justice Depends on Properly Funding Public Defenders - The Hill
Public defense often is funded by fines and fees, with no coverage for overhead expenses or incentive to hire experts.
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