Jess Shen
Litigation Assistant

Jess joined the Prison Law Office in 2024. Before joining the PLO, Jess worked on the National Lawyers Guild Santa Rita Jail Hotline, where they helped monitor conditions of confinement during the onset of COVID-19. Jess has also interned with the California Coalition for Women Prisoners and the Contra Costa Public Defender’s Office, and throughout college, they volunteered with the Petey Greene Program, where they tutored incarcerated women in Massachusetts. Jess earned their B.A. cum laude in English and Creative Writing from Wellesley College and is from San Diego, California.