National Association of Black Defenders, Inc.
Main
Office
(202) 559-8589
Grant Information
& Legal Help Line
(202) 674-6428
1717 Pennsylvania Avenue Suite #1025 | Washington, DC 20006
Physical Address:
66 West Flagler Street, 9th Floor | Miami Beach, Florida 33130
Our Vision and Targeted Issues
OUR VISION
We envision changing our community, nation and the world for the betterment of everyone; where there is Social, Economic, Environmental Justice and Equality for ALL.
TARGETED ISSUES
1. Police Brutality
2. False Imprisonment
3. Racial Profiling
4. Mass Incarceration
5. Mental Illness Among the Incarcerated
6. Mental Illness Behind Bars
7. Abuse of Inmates
8. Change Outlandish Sentencing Laws
9. Mental Health Providers in Conjunction with Community Policing
10.More Social Workers in the School System to catch issues of our
youth at home before they become a statistic
11. Veteran inmates to be transferred to Veteran Court if they qualify
12. Stop the Judicial System from putting inmates records on HOLD
so they can’t make bail, when they have not been violated nor
convicted of a crime
13. Make it a requirement that ALL repeat Offenders get a Mental
Health Assessment
14. Re-entry back to Society
Lobby for the Judicial System to Rehabilitate or Prepare a person
for their return to the community; prepare for life outside of the
walls of prison
15. Poverty
16.Discrimination
17. Accountability
**Equality**
18.Employment
19.Healthcare
20.Housing
21. Education
22. Pay Equity
23. Livable Wages
24. Healthy Environment to live, learn, and work
2. False Imprisonment
3. Racial Profiling
4. Mass Incarceration
5. Mental Illness Among the Incarcerated
6. Mental Illness Behind Bars
7. Abuse of Inmates
8. Change Outlandish Sentencing Laws
9. Mental Health Providers in Conjunction with Community Policing
10.More Social Workers in the School System to catch issues of our
youth at home before they become a statistic
11. Veteran inmates to be transferred to Veteran Court if they qualify
12. Stop the Judicial System from putting inmates records on HOLD
so they can’t make bail, when they have not been violated nor
convicted of a crime
13. Make it a requirement that ALL repeat Offenders get a Mental
Health Assessment
14. Re-entry back to Society
Lobby for the Judicial System to Rehabilitate or Prepare a person
for their return to the community; prepare for life outside of the
walls of prison
15. Poverty
16.Discrimination
17. Accountability
**Equality**
18.Employment
19.Healthcare
20.Housing
21. Education
22. Pay Equity
23. Livable Wages
24. Healthy Environment to live, learn, and work
