Joe’s story: the impact of legal aid cuts on minority communities
The impacts are being felt across the country, with people not being able to access legal advice when they’re in trouble with the police.
“Many people in the ethnic minority communities are facing a very bleak prospect. We’re coming to a position where there won’t be that check on the state’s power to arrest, detain and put a person through trial who may be innocent.”
Criminal legal aid firms are facing bleak prospects, with solicitors from ethnic minority communities particularly affected by funding cuts. Law Society Council member Joe Mensah-Dankwah shares his story.
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