Through more than 50 Freedom of Information Act requests, Javed said, they uncovered at least 32 active 287 (g) agreements across Virginia, including in Greene County and Virginia State Police.

"Approximately 70% of low-income households face at least one civil legal problem annually, 40% of them face more than five significant civil legal problems annually, and anywhere from 50-90% of those ...

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — The 10th-anniversary celebration of the City Bar Justice Center’s Federal Pro Se Legal Assistance Project was held in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, in the ...

The American legal system is expensive, making justice inaccessible to many. Mediation offers a more affordable and efficient alternative to traditional adversarial legal proceedings. In the late ...

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For most of the conversation and efforts regarding access to justice, the focus is often on visible crises — eviction, incarceration, domestic violence — that are inextricably linked to poverty.