A May 2023 report from the University of California, Irvine (UCI) found that despite legal obligations to provide meaningful language access for individuals with limited English proficiency (LEP), many criminal justice-related organizations and agencies struggle to quantify needs and actualize best practices.
Nancy Rodriguez, a UCI Professor of Criminology, Law, and Society, and Meghan Ballard, a doctoral candidate in the same department, presented the report, Establishing, Implementing, and Maintaining a Language Access Program.
“While national guidance for improving language accessibility exists, the extent to which language services are available in local justice systems is relatively unknown,” they wrote. “The purpose of this policy brief is to elevate language services in local criminal justice systems alongside criminal justice reform efforts.”
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