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Law and social work students in the program will address multiple issues that clients face, including sentencing mitigation, access to treatment services, re-entry work and more.
Wayne State University will implement a holistic defense partnership program in fall 2021. The program will pair social work and law students to assist clients in criminal defense offices in Detroit. The students will tackle systemic issues in the criminal justice system under the supervision of licensed attorneys and social workers.
“When you look at the unintended consequences of an individual who goes further and further into the criminal legal system, you have to think about what happened to their children, what about their lost revenue, what about the issues of family disruption, and what are those costs to our society?” Sheryl Kubiak, Wayne State University School of Social Work
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Wayne County Chief Judge Timothy Kenny has been working to stop the spread of COVID-19. Through bond reductions and early releases, he s helped to send home over 400 inmates since last March.