Premal Dharia

Premal Dharia is the founder and director of the Defender Impact Initiative, which works with public defenders and other advocates around the country toward transformative change in our criminal legal system; she was a public defender for nearly 15 years.

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The Suffolk County DA’s Attack On Public Defenders Was Misguided

During a Boston radio show where Rachael Rollins accused defenders of harming Black and Brown communities, the DA demonstrated that she misunderstands the role that prosecutors play in the criminal legal system: caging those very people.

Jullian Harris-Calvin, Premal Dharia

May 22, 2020