| 184779468 | Please share any obstacles you encountered in providing language access to the courts and suggestions, if any, to overcome those obstacles. | Please share any obstacles you encountered in providing language access to the courts and suggestions, if any, to overcome those obstacles. |
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Please share any obstacles you encountered in providing language access to the courts and suggestions, if any, to overcome those obstacles.
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9th JDC | The challenge of knowing in advance of a language issue in a criminal setting. The district attorney is often unaware, before the individual appears, that language is a barrier. |
15th JDC | The 15th JDC had a limited amount of qualified interpreters that completed the Supreme Court training. |
19th JDC | At this court, each judge handles his/her own selection of interpreters so it is not easy to make sure they are all certified. |
22nd JDC | The use of electronic means to provide interpreters is cost-prohibitive. The court's experience with registered/qualified LASC interpreters is that they are generally $10/hour more expensive. The court is not in a major metro area, although very close to two. However, mileage is expensive. The court attempted to use a electronic interpreter system, but it was too expensive and the court felt that the party and interpreter must see each other. |
25th JDC | The cost of interpreters is expensive, especially for seldom-used languages. |
33rd JDC | Due to its rural location, the court encountered complications with locating and scheduling court-certified Interpreters in certain languages. |
38th JDC | An obstacle is not knowing the defendant's language needs prior to the defendant's first appearance in court. |
Jefferson Parish Juvenile Court | An obstacle is the increased number of litigants that do not speak English. |
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