A lot of the west coast of the USA has a public defender crisis.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-07-27/staffing-crisis-la-county-courts-vulnerable-defendants-dire-straits

https://www.opb.org/article/2023/03/17/think-out-loud-oregon-public-defender-crisis/

https://nwsidebar.wsba.org/2024/01/29/confronting-a-crisis-the-state-of-public-defense/