Resources for immigration attorneys and parents to connect with separated children
Today, the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) released the first phase of an analysis of the Legal Orientation Program (LOP), administered by the Vera Institute of Justice, questioning its efficacy and impact. There are insurmountable methodological flaws in EOIR’s analysis. Our own analysis, which will be submitted to EOIR next week at...
Series: Dispatches from Germany
We toured German prisons and what we saw was incredible.
Learn more by listening to Vera Research Director Ryan Shanahan discuss the German principle of relational safety (below):
Instead, the day I met him in late April, Carlos had just pled guilty to a misdemeanor, was ordered to see a drug diversion counselor, and could walk away a free man. More importantly, Carlos didn’t have to miss a day of work. His court session took place in the evening. Two years ago, Pima’s jailhouse was near capacity. Local politicians were con...
