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Court support offers emotional and informational assistance to individuals navigating legal proceedings. It includes accompanying them to court, helping them understand the process, and providing moral support, ensuring they don’t face the legal system alone. This support helps alleviate anxiety and empowers individuals as they navigate the justice system. If your court date is within the next two weeks please text 865-297-3203 for sooner contact back. Just a reminder: We are not attorneys or a legal clinic.
Purpose of Court Support

Court support under participatory defense is a key strategy in the abolitionist movement, as it humanizes defendants, challenges punitive narratives, and pushes the legal system to consider non-carceral alternatives. By showing up in court, community members visibly shift how defendants are perceived, influencing outcomes like reduced sentences, fairer plea deals, or diversion programs.
This presence empowers defendants, reminding them they are not alone, while also pressuring judges and prosecutors to act with greater accountability. Additionally, court support fosters solidarity networks that strengthen the collective fight for justice, aligning with abolitionist goals of shrinking the carceral system and promoting community-led, transformative alternatives to punishment and incarceration.