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Who We Are & What We Do

In an effort to provide effective legal services to the women seeking our assistance, we have compiled a list of the types of legal cases Our Place D.C. will handle. It is our long-term hope to provide direct legal services to every woman who requests our help. If we are unable to handle your case, we will make every attempt to refer you to other legal service providers in the District (or appropriate jurisdiction).

The majority of requests for legal services Our Place has received have been for help in four areas: Parole, Institutional Issues, Medical, and Child Custody. We are responding to the expressed needs of women by focusing our work in on these cases. We also realize that the need may shift and change and thus we hope to be as adaptable as we can, taking into consideration our capacity and resources.

Types of Cases We DO Accept

Assistance with parole matters

getting on the docket for parole hearings
submitting requests for inactive parole status
challenging parole decisions
re-opening parole cases
submitting parole grant letters on behalf of client

Assistance with institutional issues

addressing conditions of confinement (BOP/Jail/CTF/Halfway House)
gaining access to medical care
challenging unfair/unlawful treatment by a staff member
investigating institutional disciplinary infractions
assisting with obtaining medical or institutional files
assisting with sentence computation

Assistance with reduction in minimum sentence

Assistance with child custody matters

Assistance with landlord/tenant problems

Types of Cases We Currently DO NOT Accept

medical malpractice
criminal defense/post -conviction relief
bankruptcy matters
probate (wills and trusts)
immigration matters
personal injury
appealing the denial of public benefits
uncontested divorces

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