The Bronx Defenders, with a staff of about 200 advocates, provides support and services inside and outside the courtroom to more than 30,000 clients year.
The Bronx Defenders notes that one in three people arrested are never convicted of a crime, yet they suffer drastic collateral consequences from their arrest alone. Up to 40 percent of the group’s clients have struggled with substance abuse. One in four have been homeless and half were unemployed at the time of the arrest.
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