Mr. H
Zara Lukens, an attorney at Public Defender Services of Lane County, was inspired to start FLCPD after one of her clients encountered a difficult situation. Mr. H was ordered to complete 35 days of work crew as a condition of his probation. He lived out of county, but because of the COVID-19 pandemic, there were no options for transferring his work crew to the city where he lived.
Mr. H was willing to tent camp in Eugene (in December) while completing his work crew obligation, but his camping gear would have been stolen if he had left it for an 8-hour day of work crew. Zara decided to pay for a modest hotel room, near the jail, so that Mr. H could complete his work crew without the obstacles created by his lack of housing in Eugene. She raised funds from friends and family members to pay for the hotel, and Mr. H completed his work crew without missing a day.