Sentence examples for problem of indigent from inspiring English sources

The Foundation has helped a wide range of institutions and causes, from universities to civil rights groups such as the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation and the Southern Poverty Law Center, both of which received grants to combat the problem of indigent defendants being detained because they cannot afford to pay court fines.

Now they say they do not know how they will resolve the growing problem of defending the indigent in New York, where appointed lawyers are paid the second-lowest rate in the nation: $40 an hour for courtroom work and $25 an hour out of court.

Realistically, Mr. Tribe cannot be expected to solve all the financial and other problems impeding the delivery of indigent legal services.

Q: Is the problem for indigents that they can't pay for treatment, or does poverty cause mental illness?

In recent years, increasing attention has been directed to the problem of adequate representation for indigent criminal defendants.

A lawsuit filed in 2014 by the Equal Justice Initiative, a nonprofit that litigates on behalf of indigent inmates, blamed the overcrowding problem for high levels of violence across the state prison system.

But it represents fewer than 10percentt of indigent homicide defendants.

"You are operating under the Criminal Justice Act because of indigent issues," the judge explained.

His short stories excel in subtly portraying everyday conflicts in the lives of indigent Jews.

And he has supported two lawsuits, in New York and Washington, challenging the adequacy of indigent criminal defense.

The organization represents tens of thousands of indigent clients every year.