Organizations Filed Purposes:
THE JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY CENTER OF LOUISIANA TACKLES DEFICIENCES IN THE POST-CONVICTION PHASE OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM WHILE CREATING A SUPPORTIVE COLLABORATIVE SPACE FOR ATTORNEYS AND ADVOCATES.
THE JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY CENTER OF LOUISIANA HELPS PEOPLE RECOVER FROM THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
RE-ENTRY PROGRAM: JAC continued to provide legal services to a partnering organization that houses women who are survivors of human trafficking. JAC also launched a monthly Re-Entry Legal Clinic, which we facilitated ten times, serving 97 clients. JAC utilized staff and pro bono attorneys, as well as coordinated with partner organizations, to remove legal barriers that could derail re-entry such as eliminating prescribed traffic tickets, applying for (and appealing denials of) public benefits, addressing consumer debt, and modifying child support payments to amounts that are more manageable. Through our ReEntry Attachment Docket program we eliminated nearly a half million dollars in outdated traffic debt at the New Orleans Municipal Traffic Court for 127 people.
EXPUNGEMENT PROGRAM: JAC held 16 expungement workshops in 2019, providing advice or representation to 495 individuals, utilizing approximately 25 pro bono attorneys and volunteers to facilitate the workshops. In 2019 we continued to provide juvenile expungement assistance in the north Louisiana (Shreveport, Bossier City), to assist individuals with issues accessing public housing due to their criminal records. The majority of our expungement program participants are low-income, African-American people, who we serve through expungement workshops in southeast Louisiana (New Orleans, Houma, St. Tammany Parish). We also held two CLEs for nearly 40 attorneys, training more individuals on how to practice in this under-served areas of the law.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Vanessa Spinazola | Executive Dir. | 60 | $80,000 |
| Adrienne Wheeler | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Ivy Wang | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Nzinga Hill | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Monika Gerhart | VICE CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
| Rachel Gassert | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Judson Mitchell | Chairman | 1 | $0 |
| Chris D'Amour | Chairman | 1 | $0 |
| Kim Watts | Secretary | 1 | $0 |
| Josh Faubert | Treasurer | 1 | $0 |
| Royce Duplessis | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
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