- Divorce
- Child Support
- Child Custody and VisitationA non-profit that advocates for people in California prisons and on parole, child and family issues. The LSPC resources page includes numerous manuals, such as Fighting for Our Rights: A Toolbox for Family Advocates of California Prisoners, The Incarcerated Parents Manual, Child Custody and Visitation Rights Manual for Incarcerated Parents, What to Plan for When You Are Pregnant at CIW, and Suing a Local Public Entity, and What to Plan for When You Are Pregnant at California Institution for Women.
- Criminal DefenseMichael Satris, a criminal defense attorney and co-founder of a nonprofit that achieved historic legal victories for prisoners in California, has died at age 70.
- Sex CrimesProp. 57 did not apply to prisoners convicted of specific violent crimes. State prison officials adopted rules saying inmates convicted of sex crimes were also ineligible for early parole consideration, but Satris won a state appeals court ruling in January 2019 that said the state’s regulations were unauthorized by Prop. 57.
- MurderHis daughter, Marthine Satris, said she asked him why he represented someone like Allen, who while serving a life sentence in Folsom prison for murder, was sentenced to death for arranging the murders of a prosecution witness and two others outside prison. At the time of his execution a quarter-century later, Allen was 76, the oldest person ever put to death in California, and moved mostly by wheelchair. Satris’ family said he had worked day and night imploring then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to grant clemency.
- Workers Compensation
- Disability DiscriminationConditions of confinement in California county jails. We y investigate conditions of confinement for people in California county jails, and we have brought lawsuits against Fresno County, Riverside County, Santa Clara County, and San Bernardino County about including poor medical and mental health care and disability discrimination.