Gideon Turns 60: Schuylkill County, PA

In “Under-resourced And Ignored: Indigent Defense in Schuylkill County,” Wren investigated indigent defense in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.

The report found major deficiencies, which are likely replicated across rural Pennsylvania and rural America. The report calls for Schuylkill County to provide funding to its public defender office so that it can meet its constitutional obligations. Wren further recommends that the General Assembly conduct a robust study of the gaps in rural defense in the state, so it can take steps to assist counties in filling those identified gaps and allocate far more funding than the $7.5 million already provided for indigent defense across the state. 

Read the report here, or click below to download a PDF.

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Image: John Deacon, https://courthouses.co/us-states/o-u/pennsylvania/schuylkill-county/