Legal Services for Prisoners with Children (LSPC)

Organizes communities impacted by the criminal justice system and advocates to release incarcerated people, to restore human and civil rights, and to reunify families and communities. HQ in San Francisco.
Organization Website

Twitter: @LSPC_
Facebook: Facebook
Primary geographic focus: California Statewide, Northern California, Southern California
Organization Type: Provider, Research/Policy/Organizing
LAAC Membership Type: Members
Lists: IOLTA-Funded, IOLTA Support Centers
Tags: Children, Juvenile Justice, Prisoners Rights
Acronym or short name: LSPC

LSPC organizes communities impacted by the criminal justice system and advocates to release incarcerated people, to restore human and civil rights and to reunify families and communities. They build public awareness of structural racism in policing, the courts, and the prison system.

Their strategy includes impact litigation as plaintiffs, litigation support, trainings, policy advocacy, public education, grassroots mobilization, and developing community collaboration.

Legal Services for Prisoners with Children (LSPC)

PRESS/RESEARCH FROM THIS SOURCE

News and Alerts

Gov. Brown Signs AB1008 the Ban the Box / Fair Chance Hiring Act!

Legal Services for Prisoners with Children (LSPC)
October 16, 2017
LSPC's bill was signed by Gov. Brown.

PRESS/RESEARCH MENTIONING/INVOLVING THIS SOURCE

News Story

Restraining Inmates in Labor Is Supposed to Be the Exception — in San Diego, It’s the Norm

Kelly Davis
Voice of San Diego
April 10, 2018
Legal Services for Prisoners with Children continues to protect incarcerated pregnant women in San Diego.

News and Alerts

Gov. Brown Signs AB1008 the Ban the Box / Fair Chance Hiring Act!

Legal Services for Prisoners with Children (LSPC)
October 16, 2017
LSPC's bill was signed by Gov. Brown.

News Story

Solano County settlement would offer alternatives to traffic fines

San Francisco Chronicle
August 8, 2017
Advocates for California motorists who face mounting fees for traffic tickets took another step to ease the burden, a settlement that seeks to offer options to paying fines that many people can’t afford.

News Story

Lawsuit says disabled inmates treated poorly at jail

USA Today
April 11, 2017

Audio

KPFA’s Debate on California’s Prop 64: Marijuana Legalization

94.1 KPFA
November 7, 2016
UpFront presents 50th Anniversary of Bayview-Hunter’s Point Uprising and a Debate on Prop 64: Marijuana Legalization

Press Release

Lawsuit says Shasta Co. Jail mistreats disabled inmates

Kelli Saam
KRCR News Channel 7
May 25, 2016
Class action case cites repeated retaliation against detainees and prisoners who speak out about violations of the ADA and other laws

News Story

Legal Coalition Demands Traffic Court Policy Changes

Sydney Johnson
East Bay Express (Oakland)
March 24, 2016

News Story

California will release thousands of inmates from solitary confinement

Haya El Nasser
Al Jazeera America
September 1, 2015
A settlement allows for thousands of inmates in solitary confinement to be re-integrated with the general prison population

Opinion

Ending the Racial Caste System Through Reentry Reform

Dorsey Nunn, Meredith Desautels
Huffington Post
September 29, 2015
California legal aid leaders identify reformation of the treatment of formerly incarcerated individuals as necessary to end discrimination and recidivism.

Interview , News Story

Formerly incarcerated activist fights to give people a chance to change

Lee Romney
Los Angeles Times (LA Times)
March 13, 2015
A biography of Dorsey Nunn, executive director of Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, which has been working nationally on reentry issues.

News Story

Pressure builds for Feds to Ban the Box

Freddie Allen
The District Chronicles
June 22, 2015
Many states and Washington, D.C. have passed laws making it easier for ex-offenders to find employment. Advocates are now looking for a federal law to ban the box.

PRESS/RESEARCH FROM THIS SOURCE

Gov. Brown Signs AB1008 the Ban the Box / Fair Chance Hiring Act!

PRESS/RESEARCH MENTIONING/INVOLVING THIS SOURCE

Restraining Inmates in Labor Is Supposed to Be the Exception — in San Diego, It’s the Norm

Gov. Brown Signs AB1008 the Ban the Box / Fair Chance Hiring Act!

Solano County settlement would offer alternatives to traffic fines

Lawsuit says disabled inmates treated poorly at jail

KPFA’s Debate on California’s Prop 64: Marijuana Legalization

Lawsuit says Shasta Co. Jail mistreats disabled inmates

Legal Coalition Demands Traffic Court Policy Changes

California will release thousands of inmates from solitary confinement

Ending the Racial Caste System Through Reentry Reform

Formerly incarcerated activist fights to give people a chance to change

Pressure builds for Feds to Ban the Box

TRAININGS FROM THIS SOURCE

Prison Closures, From Abolition to Administration: An Honest Conversation

CA Prison Complaints, Forms, & Appeals: How to Aid and Advocate for People Inside

A Discussion about Clemency: Advocacy Tools you Need