YSRP Co-Authors Article with CLS for National Reentry Week
As we come to the end of National Reentry Week, we think about our client partners who are regularly faced with government-imposed barriers to future success and stability. Check out…
As we come to the end of National Reentry Week, we think about our client partners who are regularly faced with government-imposed barriers to future success and stability. Check out…
On April 17, 2017, Justice Lab students Sela Cowger, Kelsey Grimes, and Wesley Stevenson, along with YSRP Co-founder Lauren Fine, Commissioner of the Department of Human Services Cynthia Figueroa, and…
In "It's long past time to end solitary confinement for juvenile offenders," United States Senator Bob Casey urges an end to solitary confinement for youth. He notes that juvenile solitary…
YSRP is honored to co-sponsor this event, organized by Councilmember Helen Gym. Young people will ask questions of the District Attorney candidates in the form of case scenarios, to avoid…
Join YSRP, the Stoneleigh Foundation, and Juvenile Law Center for the Philadelphia premiere of They Call Us Monsters, a groundbreaking documentary that explores the lives of three teenagers convicted of…
Lauren Fine, codirector of the nonprofit Youth Sentencing and Reentry Project, pointed to a 2010 state law that says that, if a judge and prosecutor agree, direct-file youths who are seeking transfer to juvenile court may be held in juvenile facilities. Fine said juvenile-justice facilities have more training and resources to deal with the needs and challenges of young people — and they are subject to regulations limiting confinement. “Our understanding is at the [city’s juvenile detention center], solitary is not being used on children,” Fine said. “It is being used frequently on children in the adult jail, where they are being held pretrial — and prior to a determination of whether they even belong in the adult system.”
“Featuring two panels of criminal justice experts and government officials, the event brought together stake holders in the area of criminal justice reform to explore what’s being done—and what can be done—to improve the system.”Read the full article here.