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Public defenders

FY 2022 Census of Public Defender Offices

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The program seeks support to conduct the 2022 Census of Public Defender Offices (CPDO). BJS has conducted one iteration of data collection with public defender offices and will update that collection with this solicitation. The census will obtain information about the operations, workload, staff size, policies, and procedures of the approximately 1,000 offices that serve as public defender offices across the nation.

FY2022 Census of Tribal Law Enforcement Agencies and Census of Tribal Court Systems

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This program seeks to conduct the 2024 Census of Tribal Law Enforcement Agencies (CTLEA 24) and 2024 Census of Tribal Court Systems (CTCS 24). The CTLEA 24 collects data on tribal law enforcement agencies, including jurisdiction, staffing, budget, calls for service and arrests, agency functions, and officer training and duties. The CTCS 24 collects data on tribal courts, including jurisdiction, staffing, budget, types of courts...

Public Defense

The Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution sets forth the right to counsel in federal criminal prosecutions. Through a series of decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court, the right to counsel has been extended to all criminal prosecutions—state or federal, felony or misdemeanor—that carry a sentence of imprisonment.

States and localities ensure defendants can access public defense—criminal defense services for those persons who cannot...

Census of Public Defender Offices (CPDO)

The Census of Public Defender Offices (CPDO) involves the collection of data from all state- and county-funded public defender offices across the country, including offices that are publicly funded but privately operated and offices that handle capital cases only. These public defender offices handle the largest proportion of indigent defense cases of the three major indigent defense delivery systems: public defender offices, assigned counsel systems...