Legal Receptionist and Assistant

Prisoners’ Legal Services (PLS) is seeking an outstanding full-time Legal Receptionist and Assistant to answer calls from clients and others and to support the administrative and legal work of the office.   Prisoners’ Legal Services is a Massachusetts nonprofit legal services office founded in 1972 that provides civil legal assistance to the approximately 14,000 people incarcerated in Massachusetts state prisons (Department of Correction facilities) and county jails and houses of correction. PLS is an organization committed to being anti-racist and whose mission is to challenge the carceral system through litigation, advocacy, client counseling, partnership with impacted individuals and communities, and outreach to policy makers and the public in order to promote the human rights of incarcerated persons and end harmful confinement. The office prioritizes work involving health and mental health care, assaults by staff, extreme conditions of confinement (including COVID, overcrowding, exorbitant prison phone rates), and misuse of segregation and isolation.   For more information and instructions on how to apply please see here.