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The NC Public Defense System

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Research and Reports

IDS’s ability to make data-driven decisions to guide its planning and assess its past decisions is an agency success story. The Systems Evaluation Project (“SEP”) is an ongoing IDS project to measure indigent defense system performance at the county, district, and statewide levels. The long-term goal of SEP is to enhance IDS’s ability to evaluate the programs that provide indigent defense services across the state, from public defender offices, to private rostered attorney systems, to attorney contractual agreements. SEP’s goal is to provide empirical evidence and data to identify best practices and systemic barriers to providing quality services, inform policy decisions, and propel change where needed. SEP has developed Key Performance indicators (KPIs) for adult criminal and juvenile delinquency work, and is currently finishing the development of KPIs for parent representation.

IDS’s research department maintains an archive of reports generated to guide the IDS Commission and staff in evaluating services provided and to identify ways to improve quality, increase efficiency, and control costs. 

For questions about IDS research capabilities, or to access archived reports, please contact our research director Chris Sadler at Christopher.A.Sadler@nccourts.org.

  • FY2021 Annual Report for Commission on Indigent Defense Services May 2022
  • IDS Annual Report to Legislature 2020 May 2021
  • 2020 IDS Fiscal Controls Audit Report May 2021
  • FY19 Effective Pay Rate Overhead Report May 2021
  • 2015 Capital Case Cost Study May 2021
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Indigent Defense Services
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Durham, North Carolina 27701
Phone: (919) 354-7200
Fax: (919) 354-7201

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(919) 890-2188

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