Community-Driven Research & Advocacy

Living with Conviction’s team engages in research and advocacy at all levels, including the legislature, courts, court clerks’ offices, prosecutors’ offices, and the Department of Corrections. LwC’s advocacy priorities are determined by LwC’s team of formerly incarcerated individuals, our storytellers, our Board of Directors, and the broader community of people with criminal histories.

The Cost of justice (2021)

In partnership with the Minority and Justice Commission, The Cost of Justice captures the recommendations of Living with Conviction’s storytellers and trainers for LFO reform. These recommendations are grounded in the experiences of people with LFOs. Download here.

Suggested citation: Anna B. Bosch, Deborah Espinosa, and Carmen Pacheco-Jones: Cost of Justice: Reform Priorities of People with Court Fines and Fees (October 2021), companion report to Delstrinos, C., et. al, The Price of Justice: Legal Financial Obligations in Washington State (Washington State Supreme Court Minority and Justice Commission, 2022).

Feasibility Study:
A Court-Monitoring Program on Legal Financial Obligations in Washington State (2017)

With support from the Statewide Reentry Council at the Washington State Department of Commerce, this study considers the feasibility of a volunteer court-monitoring program by simulating such a program with five community volunteers (and the author) observing LFO court proceedings in three counties over a three-week period. Download here.

Suggested citation: Deborah Espinosa: Feasibility Study: A Court-Monitoring Program on Legal Financial Obligations in Washington State (2017).